Jeb Bush has been consistent over the past few years in wishing that members of his party could be just a little more sensitive in discussing Mexicans and illegal immigration.
Although Marco Rubio hasn't himself employed the kind of vitriolic language Bush criticizes, he also hasn't been very sympathetic to comprehensive immigration reform. He has criticized the DREAM Act, which puts him in the minority of the overwhelming amount of Hispanics who do (91 percent, according to the Pew Hispanic Center).
But because Rubio's a Cuban American whose brand continues to grow nationally, the mainstream media likes to check in with him on occasion to talk about "Hispanic issues," a discussion which always reverts to illegal immigration. The freshman Florida U.S. Senator talks with Time magazine reporter Michael Scherer in an interview now accessible online.
This article appears in Feb 23-29, 2012.