Rubio, immigration reform and the Republican dupe

Marco Rubio was on Fox News Sunday to talk with Chris Wallace about the Gang of Eight's plan for comprehensive immigration reform. I've listened to this a couple of times now. And I find myself coming back to the same question: Is Rubio just naive to this administration's deception (including that of his own colleagues) or is he acting as a willing participant? Reason being, sorry Marco, but this won't work the way you'd like under a Democratic statist regime bargaining and pandering for new votes, particularly after the mark-up process...



A few more questions come to mind: So how is additional legislation going to help the problem when the current law isn't being enforced or even abided by, in respect to the illegal or the administration? And what of the secrecy behind this entire comprehensive process? This thing's not even written yet, and the pressure is on to pass something! Obamacare comes to mind...

BeforeIt'sNews: Another 1500 page monstrosity that the Senate will attempt to ram through without seeing the light of day. After all, we have to pass it to see what is in it. So much for the gang af eight, straight from those who are bringing us the coming gulag. Graham and McCain. Of course, out there in full force.

All the members of the bipartisan “Gang of Eight” pushing immigration reform in the U.S. Senate will band together to block any efforts by other senators to offer amendments to their legislation once it is introduced, the Washington Post reported on Sunday.

This apparent effort by Gang of Eight members to force a deal through with no amendments and without a transparent process complete with public hearings examining the different facets of a forthcoming bill has worried conservatives on the Senate Judiciary Committee. The committee’s ranking GOP member, Sen. Chuck Grassley, and his colleagues Sens. Jeff Sessions, Ted Cruz, and Mike Lee recently wrote to all the Republicans in the Gang of Eight asking them to fight for a transparent process and hearings to examine each part of the coming bill, which still has not been written.

Sens. Jeff Flake, Lindsey Graham, and John McCain have not backed the efforts for transparency in this process. Rubio says he does back the efforts for a transparent process, and wrote back to those conservatives on the Senate Judiciary Committee to say that he views the Gang of Eight’s forthcoming legislative text as nothing more than a “starting point” from which other senators will be allowed to offer their input via amendments and hearings and other processes. But Leahy, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has only said he will “consider” having just one hearing on the massive legislative package, and would not commit to a transparent process.

Additionally, Katrina Trinko of NRO brings us the core of what's inside the Gang’s proposed legislation, while Allahpundit at HotAir describes the fertile soil being plowed for Democratic demagoguery, atop the potential for another wobbly GOP reaction. Both are worth checking out!

Either way this thing turns out, it's hard not to smell another Republican dupe steaming down the chute...and this one could cost much more than simply the party.

Related link: Gang of Eight Aiming To Unveil Immigration Deal Tuesday