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Rubio: Obama amnesty plan ignoring Constitution

By Charlie Spiering
Published June 15, 2012 4:00am ET
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Rubio: Obama amnesty plan ignoring Constitution
Senator Marco Rubio today, issued a statement critical of President Obama’s plan to temporary grant amnesty for younger illegal immigrants. “Today’s announcement will be welcome news for many of these kids desperate for an answer, but it is a short term answer to a long term problem,” Rubio said in statement. “And by once again […]

Senator Marco Rubio today, issued a statement critical of President Obama’s plan to temporary grant amnesty for younger illegal immigrants.

“Today’s announcement will be welcome news for many of these kids desperate for an answer, but it is a short term answer to a long term problem,” Rubio said in statement. “And by once again ignoring the Constitution and going around Congress, this short term policy will make it harder to find a balanced and responsible long term one.”

Rubio admitted that there was “broad support” for a policy to help young illegal immigrants but that the president’s new policy would make it “harder to achieve in the long run.”