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Michelle Wingate's avatar

First they came for the immigrants, then they came for the federal workers, next they came for the judges...our ranks are thinning quickly. We must speak up!

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Jeff Mason's avatar

Where’s L’il Marco?

Neither of Rubio's parents were U.S. citizens at the time of Rubio's birth in 1971 in Miami.[6][7] They applied for U.S. citizenship and were naturalized in 1975.[5] Some relatives of Rubio's were admitted to the U.S. as refugees.[8]

Rubio's maternal grandfather, Pedro Victor Garcia, immigrated to the U.S. legally in 1956, but returned to Cuba to find work in 1959.[9] When in 1962 he fled communist Cuba and returned to the U.S. without a visa,[8] he was detained as an undocumented immigrant and an immigration judge ordered him to be deported.[9][10] Immigration officials reversed their decision later that day, however, and the deportation order was not enforced. Instead, Garcia was reclassified to a legal status of "parolee" that allowed him to stay in the U.S.[8][11][12] Garcia re-applied for permanent resident status in 1966 following passage of the Cuban Adjustment Act, at which point his residency was approved.[8] Rubio enjoyed a close relationship with his grandfather during his childhood.[8]

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