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Denying that it had leaked a backup immigration plan to usa today. but despite the denial, senator marco rubio offered an immediate reaction to the president's proposal. this legislation is half-baked and seriously flawed. it would actually make our immigration problems worse. if actually proposed, the president's bill would be dead on arrival in congress. maria teresa kumar is an msnbc contributor and president of voto latino. isn't senator rubio overreacting a little in the way he did in his rebuttal to the president's state of the union address. >> nobody is priced they're putting together ...

>> the president's new chief of staff is defending this back-up plan saying the administration is only doing what it promised to do from the very beginning. >> we're doing exactly what the president said we would do last month in las vegas, which is we're preparing, we're going to be ready. let's make sure it doesn't have to be proposed. let's make sure that that group up there, the gang of eight, makes a good progress on these efforts, as much as they say they want to. >> all right. so if the leak proves anything, this president and the white house is working on an immigration reform plan. jo...

>> usa today said, creation of a new visa allowing illegal immigrants to become residents within eight years and a requirement for employers to check the immigration status of new hires. republicans pounced on this idea particularly that visa program, particularly senator marco rubio. a state, said it's a mistake for the white house to profit imimmigration. this legislation is half-baked and seriously flawed. it would actually make our immigration problems worse. congressman paul ryan said it's a setback for talks on the hill. >> there are groups in the house and the senate working together to...

Department of homeland security would be authorized to accept donations to brief up border security, they could come from businesses, local governments and individual citizens, all told the plan is going over like a lead balloon with the senate republican point man and marco rubio, here is his response. this legislation, he says, is half baked and seriously flawed and would actually make our immigration problems worse and would further undermine the american people's confidence in washington's ability to enforce our immigration laws and reform our broken immigration system. and the white house...

A nation of immigrants. i'd like to read senator lindsey graham's brief statement. he says i hope the third time is a charm. i've enjoyed working with my nate colleagues in drafting these principles, and a break through on substance and hope they'll be seen as a break through in forming a political coalition to finally solve our immigration problems and coalition must include the president and house of representatives. my hope is the immigration reform bill will start in the senate and receive an overwhelming bipartisan vote and long way from having legislative language, but i believe 2013 rep...