You’d expect Sen. Marco Rubio to be elated by the news over the weekend that labor and business groups reached a deal on a guest worker program, given that he’d identified their slow progress as one of the biggest obstacles to reform. Instead, Rubio used the occasion to issue warnings about “premature” celebration and demand that the Senate slow the whole process down.Rubio’s surprising move comes as a leading anti-immigration Republican, Sen. Jeff Sessions (AL), is demanding a lengthier process as well. The timing has prompted concern among pro-reform activists that Rubio might already be looking for an emergency exit in case the debate stokes a backdraft on the right. In this instance, one that’s completely removed from any actual policy differences over a bill.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=90609