Rubio Did Not Support 'We Are Florida' Immigration Efforts, Spokesman Says

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio says he was misrepresented by a group opposing Florida's now-dead immigration legislation.

"We Are Florida" listed Miami Republican atop a roster of elected officials who, it claimed, "publicly stated their concern for the ramifications of the recently proposed anti-immigration laws in Florida."

In fact, Rubio took no position on the watered-down Florida E-Verify bill that passed the Senate but died in the House, said Alex Burgos, the senator's spokesman.

"The way Marco's position is characterized here is off," Burgos said, noting that Rubio's public pronouncements were in reference to an April 2010 article in which the senator addressed "a whole different matter, the Arizona immigration bill."

"[We Are Florida] is trying to lump Marco in to this to indicate support for their efforts, but that is not the case," Burgos said Saturday.

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