On CNN’s State of the Union, host Jake Tapper tried to spin the dead border deal by telling U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) that asylum was somehow not a pathway to citizenship. And promptly got taken to school thereafter.
Here’s the relevant exchange, as aired on CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday, February 11th, 2024:
U.S. SEN. MARCO RUBIO (R-FL): Look, there are some things in that bill that we should do. You know, change the asylum standard and the like. Here’s what else the bill did. The bill basically creates an asylum court, OK?
It creates a bunch of, you know, thousands of bureaucrats, basically, agents- asylum agents, that would be empowered right at the border to either allow people into the country with an immediate work permit, today they have to wait six months. You give them an immediate work permit, you’re going to have more people…
