U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) issued the following statement regarding the inauguration of Panamanian President José Mulino: “Earlier this year, following a peaceful and democratic electoral process, the people of Panama elected President José Mulino as their new...
News
Latest News
Next Week: Rubio Staff Hosts Mobile Office Hours
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio’s (R-FL) office will host in-person and virtual Mobile Office Hours next week to assist constituents with federal casework issues in their respective local communities. These office hours offer constituents who do not live close to one of...
ICYMI: Rubio: Biden Houthi Policy Hurts Americans
President Biden’s Misguided Policy toward the Houthis Hurts Americans U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) June 27, 2024 National Review …Two weeks into his presidency, President Biden removed the Houthis from the foreign terrorist organization list…. [He] also ended...
ICYMI: Rubio on Illegal Migrants Tied to ISIS
According to reports, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has identified more than 400 illegal migrants who came across U.S. borders as part of an ISIS-affiliated human smuggling network. U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) has been warning about this...
Rubio, Florida Colleagues Urge NOAA to Prepare for Coral Health Emergency
Last summer, corals in the Florida Reef Tract came under severe heat stress and experienced coral bleaching. Anomalous ocean temperatures may cause similar impacts this summer. The federal government has the authority to respond under emergency provisions of the Coral...
Rubio on State Department’s 2024 Trafficking in Persons Report
Each year, the U.S. Department of State releases its Trafficking in Persons Report. This report assesses countries in their efforts to counter human trafficking and identifies the most successful strategies for reducing the widespread evil of modern day slavery. U.S....
ICYMI: Rubio, Pfluger: Revoke Visas of Pro-Hamas Protesters
Revoke visas of pro-Hamas protesters
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) and U.S. Representative August Pfluger (R-TX)
May 8, 2024
The First Amendment guarantees every American the right to free speech, but no one has the right to destroy private property, trespass illegally, or attack innocent people. This is why college administrators are justified in disbanding anti-Israel protests-turned-riots by force. We can and should, however, go one step further: we should deport the non-Americans who have participated in these riots….
Existing law already prohibits any foreigner who “endorses or espouses terrorist activity” from entering the country…. Unfortunately, the Biden Administration won’t act…. As lawmakers, we cannot force the president’s hand on this, but we can remove any legal ambiguity surrounding the question of deportation. Our bicameral Terrorist Inadmissibility Codification Act would do just that….
Yet progressive Democrats in Congress have blocked the legislation’s passage. They claim they’re protecting the Constitution, but since there’s no Constitutional right to a visa, it’s fair to say they’re really afraid of angering their fanatical base…. Today, a majority of Democrats oppose Israel’s actions in Gaza. A smaller, but incredibly active portion of the party supports Hamas and its backers in Tehran….
We can’t allow these radicals to get their way…. Passing our bill is also a matter of national security. According to [FBI] Director Christopher Wray, the war in Gaza has brought the danger of terrorism in the United States to a “whole other level.” At such a moment, we must remember that our number-one responsibility is to protect American lives from harm. We have no responsibility whatsoever to let terrorist supporters live inside our borders….