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An immigration divide

Published on June 14th, 2013

Tampa Bay Times
June 14, 2013

A new Quinnipiac University poll released Friday showed that a whopping 71 percent of voters nationally think Democrats and Republicans in Congress will not be able to work together to achieve immigration reform.

That's troubling for Sen. Marco Rubio, who helped write the bill being debated. Opponents last week sharpened their attacks on him. One group paid for a billboard on I-75 in Ocala blasting the "Rubio-Obama Amnesty." Another, Californians for Population Stabilization, put ads on Florida TV that feature Rubio and say the legislation, if approved, would flood the state with job-taking immigrants. Proponents dismissed the actions of fringe groups opposed to any reforms, but it shows the heat surrounding the issue, while lower than the last debate in 2007, remains.

At the same time, reform proponents are fighting back. The Evangelical Immigration Table, a group of pastors nationally, is putting up a billboard near Rubio's Jacksonville office that reads "Praying for immigrants. Praying for congress" and has a link to a website. What's more, the group is running an ad on Christian radio featuring the Rev. Dr. David Uth, senior pastor at First Baptist Orlando.

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