Tampa Bay News: Sen. Marco Rubio seeks middle ground on immigration as Hispanic voice for GOP

[Patricia M. McBride]

This is an issue many feel strongly about, and it will require a policy which addresses the issue of children brought here who do not know any other country as home.  Personally, I don't think anyone who is in this country illegally should be allowed to apply for citizenship or be allowed to stay here in a legal manner ahead of those who have applied to come here legally.  But that is just my opinion.  What is yours?

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Alex Leary at 7:47:58 pm on April 08, 2012

Two years after embracing hard-line immigration positions  during his rapid political climb, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is on a  difficult quest for middle ground.

He emerged on the issue late last year with calls for less heated  rhetoric and is now working on an alternative to the Dream Act.

The plan, not yet public, is generating widespread discussion,  underscoring Rubio's status and potential as a Hispanic voice for the  GOP. It would grant legal status to children of illegal immigrants, but  not a path to citizenship, as the Dream Act would.

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