Marco Rubio says immigration is a 'federal problem'; Ann Coulter chides him for seemingly not supporting Arizona

Fair-skinned, shimmering blond Ann Coulter chided U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio, a Cuban American, for his support of a federal solution to the increasing immigration problem faced by states. During a turn on The O'Reilly Factor Friday night, Coulter defended Arizona's immigration bill and said she was upset that Karl Rove and Rubio seemed to find fault with it.

In typical, entertaining Coulter style, she then lashed out at just about everyone else for "blatant lying" about the Arizona bill, which she insisted will not lead to racial profiling and hassling naturalized citizens, as some critics claim it will.

What exactly was Rubio's fault in her view? Hard to say, since the moment was more about her view, really, than Rubio's or Rove's. It was left unclear what heresy they may be guilty of.

But the ensuing publicity over the Coulter remark drove us to the Web in search of a summation of Rubio's most recent stand on immigration. And, not surprisingly, it turns out to be much more insightful than Coulter's comments suggest.

The statement we found was picked up by columnist Mike Thomas in his April 27 Orlando Sentinel blog:

"This may be the most thoughtful statement I've read yet," wrote Thomas by way of introduction.Thomas then reprinted the Rubio statement, which may be read here.

A snippet of the Rubio statement that seems to suggest Coulter failed to fully represent his position:

"States certainly have the right to enact policies to protect their citizens, but Arizona's policy shows the difficulty and limitations of states trying to act piecemeal to solve what is a serious federal problem. From what I have read in news reports, I do have concerns about this legislation. While I don't believe Arizona's policy was based on anything other than trying to get a handle on our broken borders, I think aspects of the law, especially that dealing with 'reasonable suspicion,' are going to put our law enforcement officers in an incredibly difficult position. It could also unreasonably single out people who are here legally, including many American citizens."