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Fact Checking Today’s Immigration News Reports
Apr 16 2013
FACT: The chance to become a permanent resident, which precedes citizenship, is based on achieving the security triggers and waiting at least ten years. It is not based exclusively on a date-certain timeline.
I have received your timely letter regarding recent immigration reform efforts. I appreciate your interest in this important issue and I share your position about the need for a robust and public debate. As you know, I have been forceful and clear in my position that the Judiciary Committee hold multiple hearings on the topic and be given ample time to consider any immigration proposal. This is a position I reiterated last weekend in a letter to Chairman Patrick Leahy, which I have attached for your reference.
Happy Easter
Mar 31 2013
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) released the following statement wishing fellow Christians in Florida and around the world a Happy Easter:
Washington, D.C. Office Closure
Mar 06 2013
Due to Winter Storm Saturn, our Washington, D.C. office will be closed today, Wednesday, March 6. If you need immediate assistance, please call our Orlando office at (407) 254-2573.
Obama’s False Choice On The Sequester
Feb 26 2013
By Senator Marco Rubio
The so-called sequester is one of the worst ideas to ever come out of President Obama's White House' and it has once again demonstrated Washington's dubious talent for creating problems and its appalling inability to solve them.Visiting Jordan and Israel
Feb 16 2013
By Senator Marco Rubio
Today, I am departing to the Middle East on an official trip in my capacities as a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee and Foreign Relations Committee. I will be visiting Jordan and Israel. This will be my first visit to Jordan and my second to Israel.
Rubio: "Economic growth is the best way to help the middle class. ... I hope the President will abandon his obsession with raising taxes and instead work with us to achieve real growth in our economy."
I believe we should have re-authorized the existing Violence Against Women Act that has helped reduce the annual incidence of domestic violence by more than 50 percent, among other successes.