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Marco Rubio votes with Democrats to kill border security before legalization

By Conn Carroll
Published June 13, 2013 12:00am ET
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Marco Rubio votes with Democrats to kill border security before legalization
Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, whose immigration reform proposal would grant far-reaching powers to the secretary of Homeland Security and other top administration officials, says he does not trust Washington to make critical decisions about the nation’s future. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) | J. Scott Applewhite

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., voted with Senate Democrats today to kill an amendment by Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, that would have required the federal government to secure the border first before granting legalization to currently illegal immigrants.

All four Republican members of the bipartisan Gang of Eight immigration group voted for Majority Leader Harry Reid’s, D-Nev., motion to table the Grassley amendment.

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