Senator makes TV push for immigration deal as lawmakers inch toward a deal. Jim Acosta reports.
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CNN's Dana Bash looks at the immigration reform effort underway in the Senate, and why it's happening now.
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(CNN) – President Barack Obama's change in immigration policy, unveiled last week, will only heighten the political gamesmanship surrounding the issue, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio said Thursday.
Speaking on CNN's "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer," Rubio said he and his colleagues in the U.S. Senate would have a harder time pushing through longer-term solutions after Obama's move.
The full interview airs on CNN's "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer" Thursday at 5 p.m. ET.
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