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The Cuban-American senator has rented out Freedom Tower in downtown Miami, leading to speculation of official candidacy for president.
Senator Marco Rubio (R - Florida) has taken to the airwaves to urge the House of Representatives to push the immigration bill through after the Congressional recess of August, stating that if they don't, Democratic President Barack Obama may just find a way to issue the law by executive order.
There are some mixed messages being sent from key Washington legislators regarding the chances that the compromise bill on immigration proposed by the "Gang of Eight" bipartisan senate panel will pass into law.
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., has gone all in on the bill that would reform the nation's immigration laws, defending the bill this week against both reports from Politico suggesting the bill would benefit Democrats and a push from legislators to delay the bill due to two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings being immigrants.
With the highly-awaited bill promising comprehensive reform to the nation's immigration laws, one of the most high-profile Republicans and advocates for the bill is starting to make his public campaign to push for the bill's passage.
The unveiled legislation promising sweeping changes to the nation's immigration system Tuesday has the support of President Obama, but while the major judiciary hearings on the bill are just getting underway, opponents of the bill have wasted no time taking their shots at the new legislation.
With his panel's highly anticipated immigration bill rumored to be unveiled Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., took to the airwaves on Sunday to defend the bill.
