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Marco Rubio On Immigration: GOP Senator Riding To The Rescue

Rubio Hits Obama, Lays Out Bold Plan To Change 'Unfair Perception' Of GOP
FILE - In this Aug. 23, 2011 file photo, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif. Florida has Rubio. Texas has Ted Cruz. Nevada and New Mexico can count Hispanic Republicans on the national radar, both governors. In California, home to the largest population of Hispanics in America, Republicans have had only halting success recruiting future Latino leaders, even as the importance of the Hispanic vote increases with each election in a state growing ever more Democratic. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
FILE - In this Aug. 23, 2011 file photo, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif. Florida has Rubio. Texas has Ted Cruz. Nevada and New Mexico can count Hispanic Republicans on the national radar, both governors. In California, home to the largest population of Hispanics in America, Republicans have had only halting success recruiting future Latino leaders, even as the importance of the Hispanic vote increases with each election in a state growing ever more Democratic. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Marco Rubio—41-year-old son of working-class Cuban exiles—has lived the upwardly mobile immigrant experience. In his fast rise, the Florida Republican has also experienced the politics of immigration. That story isn't so inspirational.

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