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U.S. Senator Marco Rubio is pressing for immigration reform, and his plan could bring big changes to Florida.
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What they Perez was born here her sister was born in Mexico -- brought here is the little girl.
She loves being -- Only three years apart but one has full rights to -- -- the other does not Lupe says it's not fair to her family and not right for our country.
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- Aren't engineers -- anything.
But because.
-- -- college and they worked their butt off.
Four years -- to reform our immigration system has failed but this year may be different.
The president will make immigration reform a top priority and congress -- under heavy pressure to respond.
There's a deep.
Unfairness.
I -- injustice.
In the way our immigration policy works today Republican senator Marco Rubio is already testing the water with a plan of his own.
We need to help accommodate these kids through no fault of their own find themselves in this -- In addition to kids rubio now wants to get all undocumented immigrants a way to step out of the shadows and stay here legally.
Under his plan they could pay a fine for not having documents didn't clear background check -- work permit pay back taxes.
-- applied to become permanent residence from -- they may also be able to apply for citizenship.
They're doing the right things I think -- they.
It's only something that's gonna -- under we have people that actually productive citizens.
But rubio will likely face strong resistance from his own party and his own state remember what governor Scott ran and won on -- I'm against amnesty.
We need to make sure we don't provide amnesty -- we need to make sure passengers -- built here in Florida.
Mitt Romney also had -- legal immigration self deport but he also lost more than 70% of the Hispanic vote and Republicans took note.
Now rubio is looking for -- compromised and -- likely floated his plan to see how both parties respond.
