Senator Marco Rubio, a rising Republican star, confronted questions on Thursday that he had embellished his family history and misrepresented the year his parents first left Cuba for the United States.
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Oct 14, 2011
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is raising his national profile through a series of major policy speeches on the economy and America's role in the world. But one issue Florida's freshman Republican doesn't spend much time discussing is immigration. That's despite the fact his parents came from Cuba and he...
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In a move likely to be roundly ignored by Florida's legislative leadership, the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday adopted a resolution urging the Florida legislature to reject any immigration related legislation next session.
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As he thrusts himself into the national spotlight, inviting speculation about vice presidential ambitions, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is also drawing tougher scrutiny over his words and actions. He has been assailed on national TV for saying government programs have "weakened us as a people," subjected to negative political...
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According to Senator Rubio, President Reagan "basically defined the era in which I grew up in, in every way possible. And to this day, so much of what Reagan stood for is still what we're still debating about." Unfortunately, it seems Senator Rubio hasn't read the chapter on...
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Once thought to have been the GOP's solution to its Latino problem, Marco Rubio's move to the right on immigration (from his previous stance of saying as little as possible on the issue) is a dubious strategy, to say the least, to curry favor with Latino voters. This is...
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Mandatory E-Verify opponents do not propose eliminating an employee verification program, but say businesses need one that works well for employers — especially small companies — and workers. Analysts and business organizations have argued that E-Verify alone would hurt Florida and the U.S. economy.
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Poor Marco Rubio. Florida's junior senator could have been a contender. Instead, he's become a caricature. In parts of the Hispanic community, Rubio is thought of as just another ambitious politician who is willing to sell out Latinos to curry favor with Anglo colleagues. That's what you hear...
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Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA) sits on both the House Judiciary and Small Business Committees. She's a strong opponent of Rep. Lamar Smith's E-Verify bill. From her unique vantage point, Chu told her colleagues, "Mandatory E-Verify Legislation will Cripple Small Businesses."
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One early morning two weeks ago, Christopher Zambrano was biking home on the 79th Street Causeway near North Bay Village when one of several men in black clothes riding in an SUV ordered him to stop.
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