Rubio Goes All In on Immigration Reform

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) “is preparing to go all in to support sweeping immigration legislation, offering himself up as the public face of a bill that will split the Republican Party — but that his allies hope will propel him to the front of the GOP presidential sweepstakes,” Politico reports.

“Rubio is planning a media blitz to promote the bill — which is expected to be released early next week — making the rounds on all of the Sunday political talk shows starting this weekend, wooing skeptical conservative radio hosts and pitching the plan to Spanish-language news outlets.”

The Week: “What prompted this change of heart? Just a few days ago Rubio’s office issued a statement calling reports of an immigration deal ‘premature,’ prompting pundits to wonder whether he was trying to deliberately stall the process. It’s not like the political dilemma that Rubio faces has changed from what it was just days ago.”