Center for Immigration Studies<\/a>, and maybe a few others.<\/p>\nThe more I see of Rubio, and of the politics of this election season, the more I believe that it is the single issue of immigration that is preventing Rubio from succeeding in the polls, and ultimately in the primaries. \u00a0He has simply not made a credible case that he will hold to his word and fully implement enforcement before signing off on a legalization program.<\/p>\n
Why?<\/p>\n
Because it is clear that what he personally wants is the opposite, an immediate legalization program followed by enforcement measures. \u00a0His insistent repeating of the statement that he\u2019s changed his mind because Americans don\u2019t believe the government would get the job done on law enforcement is telling, and worrisome, because he\u2019s leaving himself a way out: \u00a0if Congress sends him a legalization program law, he can simply declare that, lo and behold, Congress surely is representing the will of the people, and get out his signing pen. \u00a0Would Congress do this? \u00a0Ryan supports it, after all. \u00a0Would there be hell to pay from an angry electorate? \u00a0Maybe, but there have been plenty of cases where that hasn\u2019t stopped those in power, convinced that they know better and that the electorate will forget by the time the next election comes.<\/p>\n
And it would have been so easy for Rubio to have chosen different words: \u00a0not, for example, \u201cAmericans don\u2019t believe\u201d but \u201cI have come to recognize that our government, as an institution, isn\u2019t trustworthy.\u201d<\/p>\n
What\u2019s more, he doesn\u2019t, anywhere in his stump speech, show any recognition of why Americans oppose legalization (or, rather, accept it only in a case where it\u2019s a certainty that it\u2019s a true one-time event and accompanied by shutting down future illegal immigration) and high levels of immigration. \u00a0He doesn\u2019t show any comprehension of the worries that working class Americans have gotten hammered by the perfect storm of globalization, automation, and an influx of low-skilled workers underbidding them for unskilled work, and that their wages have stagnated. \u00a0He doesn\u2019t acknowledge the anger\u00a0that the H1-B program is being abused and hurting workers who train their replacements, that the tech giants proposing higher immigration levels are doing so to hold down wages, not due to labor shortages.<\/p>\n
Rubio has also said that, during this period of enforcement implementation, he has no intention of deporting anyone but hardened criminals, which makes the particulars of his program hard to tease out. \u00a0Does he agree with those who object to workplace enforcement because it deprives future legalize-ees of the ability to earn a wage? \u00a0Would his interim policies amount to de facto<\/em> immediate legalization?<\/p>\nSo far as I can tell, his strategy is (a) to repeat his current stump speech and\u00a0hope that enough voters don\u2019t know his past to question his credibility, and (b) to write off voters who oppose him on immigration. \u00a0Either that, or he just doesn\u2019t get it, just doesn\u2019t understand how much of a difference it makes.<\/p>\n
Which is why he needs to take two actions:<\/p>\n
first, the \u201cBeer Summit\u201d \u2013 by which I don\u2019t mean a photo-op with these anti-legalization leaders, but a true meeting with them to show a real willingness to understand their concerns rather than a petulant demand that others believe him rather like the person who insists, \u201cI said I was sorry and that should be enough for you to like me now.\u201d<\/p>\n
and, second, some way to make a commitment more binding, or a new approach that communicates more than just \u201cbelieve me that I\u2019m on your side now.\u201d \u00a0What would that be? \u00a0I\u2019ve suggested in the past that Americans could be given\u00a0standing<\/a> to sue employers who hire illegals, using the model of ADA enforcement. \u00a0I also suggested<\/a>, more outlandishly, to be sure, that Rubio make a binding commitment to these anti-legalization leaders, something that creates personal hardship, legally-enforceable, even. \u00a0A pledge that if he violates his word and signs a bill that anti-legalizationists oppose, he will sign over his future personal speech-making wealth, to organizations helping displaced workers.<\/p>\nNow, I don\u2019t imagine this is going to happen, but Rubio can\u2019t make this issue go away by ignoring it and repeating his stump speech lines.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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