Fighting for Florida

On April 17, my colleagues and I introduced immigration legislation. It marked a first step toward achieving the strongest border security and enforcement measures in U.S. history, modernizing our legal immigration system to unleash strong economic growth and job creation, and dealing with our undocumented immigrant population in a tough, but fair way that is directly linked to achieving several security triggers.

While I believe this legislation will accomplish these things, I am also confident that an open and transparent process – one that engages every senator and the American people – will make it even better. I believe this kind of open debate is critical in helping the American people understand what’s in the bill, what it means for you and what it means for our future.

During my time in the Senate, many of you have written to me about your concerns with our immigration system. Today, I want to share this video with you in which I outline what this legislation sets out to do. And most importantly, I want to invite you to share your thoughts and submit your ideas below, on ways we can improve it.

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Vaccy Marama

05/05/2013 06:30 PM

Make available Visa for (Parents) of US born children (minors) who are residing in their parents countries and working to travel easy to the USA for the sake of their US boarn children until US children make a decision for themselves.
Saundra Brake

05/05/2013 06:25 PM

JUST SAY NO TO IMMIGRATION REFORM IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM...ENFORCE THE LAWS ALREADY ON THE BOOKS AND CLOSE/SEAL/SECURE THE BORDER. STOP GIVING STUDENT VISAS TO MUSLIM STUDENTS AND STOP GIVING H1B VISAS TO ANYONE UNTIL EVERY AMERICAN WHO WANTS A GOOD JOB HAS ONE AND THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS NEAR ZERO. I WILL VOTE AGAINST ANY REPUBLICAN THAT VOTES IN FAVOR OF GIVING IN TO OBAMA AND THE DEMOCRATS TO INCREASE THEIR VOTER BASE BY ADDING 11 MILLION TO 30 MILLION NEW PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY!
JUST SAY NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!
Kevin Kirkpatrick

05/05/2013 06:25 PM

We tried the amnesty route before and it resulted in today's problems. You can not discourage people from breaking the law by letting them get away with it. The other times we tried it, other government's actually helped people they wanted to get rd of across the border, so we would have to deal with them. All around--a bad plan. The only way you can fix our porous borders is better enforcement, both against the illegals invading our country and the U'S' citizens who aid and abet the violation of U.S. law.
Jeri Huchins

05/05/2013 06:24 PM

I am against this bill. You want to give them everything for free. My dad came here the right way. Nothing was handed to him. There is the right way and the wrong way to come to the USA. Why reward the wrong way. We can't go into Mexico and get away with what they get by here. They scream for equal rights yet we can't in Mexico. Come in legal and earn your US citizenship. Learn English. You want to live here earn the right.
DENNIS YOUNG

05/05/2013 06:15 PM

ILLEGALS ARE CRIMINALS. THEY BROKE INTO THIS COUNTRY JUST LIKE THEY BROKE INTO A BANK AND ARE ROBBING OUR SOCIAL SECURITY AND WELFARE JUST LIKE ROBBING A BANK. IMMIGRATION REFORM?? BORDER FENCE, MINE FIELDS, AND ROUND UP ALL ILLEGALS AT HOSPITALS,SSA OFFICES AND ANY OTHER WELFARE OFFICES. DO IT NOW... NO AMNESTY OF ANY KIND FOR ANY ILLEGAL NOW IN THE COUNTRY. NEVER ALLOW THEM TO VOTE, EVER. IF YOU WANT THEM HERE,,, YOU TAKE EACH ONE IN PERSONALLY AND FEED AND CARE FOR THEM ON YOUR DIME,, NOT MINE,,