Marco Rubio’s Shameful Immigration Bill

Marco Rubio was a co-sponsor of Senate Bill S.744, also known as the Schumer-Rubio bill and the Gang-of-Eight Bill, which bore the attractive sounding but dishonest title of “The Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Bill.

In reality, it was a huge amnesty and legal immigration surge bill.

His co-sponsor was Chuck Schumer (D) New York. Schumer is a liberal legislator closely connected with Wall Street interests. Schumer has many years of experience both in the House and the Senate. In 1987, he was one of the House members, who succeeded in undermining the enforcement provisions of the 1986 amnesty. He is reputed to be one of the smartest and shrewdest members of the U.S. Senate.

S.744 passed 68 to 32 in the Senate in July 2013 but never made it through the House. Shamefully, Rubio and 13 other Republicans voted for it.

The bill was over 180,000 words on more than 2,000 pages, long enough and confusing enough to deter a thorough reading of it. This article cannot cover the enormous potential for concealment and deception in such massive unread tomes. Whether they cover healthcare, as in Obamacare, or immigration as in the Schumer-Rubio bill, such huge comprehensive bills are prone to be written by and for special interest lawyers and lobbyists and to be contrary to public interests and fiscal discipline. Furthermore, the bill’s economic claims and analytical assumptions are so unwarranted as to be transparent balderdash.

The Schumer-Rubio bill is best known for its provisions to legalize (amnesty) most illegal immigrants in the U.S., estimated to be about 12 million, but possibly 20 million or higher.

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