Marco Rubio

Federal spending on border security is at a historic high. Illegal crossings are at a 40-year low. Deportations reached record numbers in President Barack Obama's first term. Let's get on with the business of fixing the rest of our dysfunctional...

Jeb Bush: Standing before a stridently evangelical and conservative crowd, a lesser politician might have pandered. But Florida's former governor had the backbone this week to tell the annual Faith and Freedom Coalition conference exactly what he thought:...

TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick Scott looks evasive these days on a lot of issues, but immigration is one where substance and consistency would serve him better than pivoting and stagecraft. With the Republicans right wing tearing itself apart over the...

WASHINGTON — In the first and only vote Thursday on the immigration bill, senators turned back a Republican measure that would have delayed a path to citizenship for those in the country illegally until after the border with Mexico is fully secure....

The steamboat conveying Andrew Jackson up the Ohio River toward his tumultuous 1829 inauguration had brooms lashed to its bow, symbolizing Old Hickory’s vow to clean up Washington. But sweeping out Washington’s Augean stables, like painting...

A new Public Policy Polling robo-poll, done for a coalition of groups supporting the immigration reform bill now being debated in the U.S. Senate, shows strong support for the measure among Florida voters. The poll was sponsored by the Alliance for...

Months after its eight sponsors — including Florida Republican Marco Rubio — began their work, the U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly this week to begin debate on a bipartisan proposal to rewrite U.S. immigration policy. S. 744 reads like a...

    As an immigration reform bill grinds its way through Congress, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has emerged as perhaps its most crucial broker. The rising Republican star has put reform at the center of his political ambitions, using his conservative bona...

(Repeats, without changes, to widen distribution) * Menendez low-profile, crucial to Latino, Democrat support * Gang of Eight veteran backs bill but vigilant about changes * Senate amendments illustrate delicate political balance By Caren Bohan...

Rubio's side show There are times when Florida's junior U.S. senator, Republican Marco Rubio, makes perfect sense. Like when he's talking about immigration reform. A member of the Senate's bipartisan "Gang of Eight," Rubio is a key player in the...