White House [Obama aids] walks back leaked immigration plan amid GOP outrage

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[FoxNews.com]

Published February 18, 2013

President Obama’s advisers tried to put the genie back in the bottle after a leaked White House immigration plan drew outrage from Republicans who accused the president of endangering the reform push.

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., a key figure in immigration reform talks, was among those who slammed the president for the plan. After what was described as a draft White House proposal was first leaked in USA Today, Rubio said over the weekend it would be “dead on arrival in Congress.”

By Monday, Obama insiders were walking the plan back and suggesting the leak was not intentional.

One White House official told Fox News they were “surprised” that the “draft” language was given to the press and thought the publication was “unfortunate.”

“This was not the administration floating anything,” the official said, adding that the White House reached out to Senate offices Saturday evening to stress their support for ongoing congressional talks.

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Newsmax: Rubio Says Obama Misusing Illegals to Win

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[Newsmax.com]

 GOP Convention Coverage

Tuesday, 28 Aug 2012 11:43 AM

By Jim Meyers and John Bachman

(AP Photo)

Sen. Marco Rubio, who will introduce presidential candidate Mitt Romney at the Republican National Convention, tells Newsmax that the election is not just a choice between two parties but a choice about “what kind of country we want to have.”The Florida Republican also outlines the party’s immigration stance, saying “we’re not going to deport” the 10 million illegal immigrants in America, but we’re not going to grant them amnesty either.And he states that anyone who favors leaving Medicare the way it is “favors bankrupting it.”Rubio was elected in 2010 in a three-way race that included then-Gov. Charlie Crist, and is considered a key figure in the tea party movement. His new book is “An American Son: A Memoir.”