It seems that with each passing day I find myself being just a little more embarrassed for having fallen for the promises made by Marco Rubio during his campaign for the senate back in 2010. I was sucked in by his portrayal of America and of his vision of what America should, and could once again, be. But it was all just a ruse. Because when I compare what I heard then to what I see coming from him today, with him playing essentially the starring role in the midst of this horrendous piece of immigration legislation, I recognize that what was said then was intended for no other purpose than to get him elected.
Further proof, as if I needed any, of Rubio's deceit, came on Tuesday when the senate decided to reject building the 700 miles of double-tier border fencing that Congress had authorized seven years ago. A majority of the Senate said they didn’t want to delay granting illegal immigrants legal status while the fence was being built. Well now that makes loads of sense. By a vote of 54-39 they decided to reject the fence. The vote broke mostly along party lines, although five reliable RINOs, including Rubio, as well as the rest of the bill’s authors, chose to vote against the fence, while there were two Democrats who voted for it.
Republicans had offered the fence as a way to build the confidence of voters who remain skeptical that the government can be trusted to enforce its laws, but opponents offered up the rather lame excuse of saying that the building of more fencing is simply too costly, would take too long, and shouldn’t be dictated by Washington. RINO John McCain said, "I think we should leave that to the best judgment of the Border Patrol." McCain, as you may or may not know, is one of the RINO members of the "Gang of Eight" who concocted this complete disaster of an immigration bill currently being 'discussed.' War hero or not, this guy is a disgrace on so many levels.
It was Sen. John Thune, South Dakota Republican, who proposed the border fence amendment, which would have prevented the administration from granting any illegal immigrants legal status under the bill until at least 350 miles of double-tier fencing has been erected, and would withhold full citizenship rights until 700 total miles have been built. Minutes after the border fence, senators also voted to further weaken current law that requires the government to have biometric checks such as fingerprints or eye-scans for every visitor to the U.S., a recommendation that actually came from the 9/11 commission
Senators said it is too expensive to check fingerprints at all air, land and sea ports of entry. So out of the Billions of dollars that are literally wasted by our government every single day, nothing can be spent to keep out those who should not be in this country. I feel like I'm in the "Twilight Zone." Instead, this bill calls for photographic checks at air and sea ports, but excludes land ports. Mr. Thune, sponsor of the fence proposal, then asked, what I thought was, a very reasonable question. He simply asked, "When is our federal government going to keep its promises when it comes to the issue of border security?"
Rubio made the idiotic claim that he supports building a border fence, and pointed to $1.5 Billion included in his bill for more infrastructure, which he said will go to a fence plan. But Rubio's excuse for not supporting Thune's amendment was because it didn’t lay out the details for "a specific border plan." Rubio added, "Therefore, I will oppose his amendment and instead continue to work with my Republican colleagues to arrive at a new measure that improves on the significant border security measures already in the bill." He's such a hypocrite! And it pains me no end that not only did I vote for him, but I gave him money.
The border now has 651 miles of barriers, but only 36 miles are at least double-tier fencing. Another 316 miles are single-tier pedestrian fencing, and the rest, 299 miles, are vehicle barriers that still allow wildlife, and people, to cross. The border fence vote was one of several key showdowns expected as the Senate works on its immigration bill, which grants what is essentially nothing more than amnesty to most, if not all, of the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants currently residing in the U.S.. Now the supporters of this bill, including Rubio, can deny that fact until the cows come home, but that's what it is!
I think it's pretty obvious here what the true motives behind this "Gang of Eight" debacle really are. And the fact that RINOs Graham and McCain have teamed up with 'Little Dick Durbin, 'Little Chuckie' Schumer and Bob ‘Love Underage Hookers’ Menendez should come as no surprise. Also it should come as no surprise that the entire design of this bill is to, not only, grant outright amnesty to over 11 Million people here illegally, but also to weaken the security of our border to the point where it simply becomes nonexistent. Oh, and also what this bill essentially does is to create 11 Million new Democrat voters. And Rubio seems to be just fine with all of that.
What's going to happen here is that this Rubio inspired amnesty bill will most likely pass the senate with what some are saying, will be as many as 70 votes. It will then move on to House. And this is where things really get dicey, because then we're going to be forced to rely on Speaker Boehner to do what's right for the country and not just what's politically expedient. And these days I don't trust Boehner anymore than I trust Barry. So here we sit, completely at the mercy of those whom we continue to think, when we elect them, will do those things that convinced us to vote for them in the first place. I feel so used.
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