Exclusive: Marco Rubio Reacts to the Arizona Immigration Law Ruling
Matt Lewis
Columnist
Posted:
07/28/10
I had a chance to catch up with Florida U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio on Wednesday (video below).
We discussed several topics, but with today's ruling on the Arizona immigration law, I, of course, asked him about the federal judge's decision to delay implementation of some of the more controversial parts of the measure.
Regarding today's ruling, Rubio told me,
Lastly, Rubio and I discussed Health Care Reform, Republicans in name only (RINO's), the Tea Party movement, and his favorite blogs. You can watch that here.
We discussed several topics, but with today's ruling on the Arizona immigration law, I, of course, asked him about the federal judge's decision to delay implementation of some of the more controversial parts of the measure.
Regarding today's ruling, Rubio told me,
I also asked Rubio if he feared this law could hurt Republicans among Hispanic voters. Watch the video here:Just to be clear, I opposed racial profiling, and to their credit, the Arizona Legislature changed that law. And because they did, obviously that law is more palatable -- and legally more palatable. I think the decision today is important to understand, number one, why do we even have an Arizona law? And that's because the federal government hasn't done its job. And the second thing we need to remind ourselves is that the court hasn't thrown the law out. What they did was they basically postponed implementation until certain issues are resolved with it...I think at the end of the day, the law is going to be upheld. Arizona has a 10th Amendment right to provide for the public safety of their residents, and to do so by enforcing existing federal immigration law.
Lastly, Rubio and I discussed Health Care Reform, Republicans in name only (RINO's), the Tea Party movement, and his favorite blogs. You can watch that here.