Immigration Gives Rubio His Shot at Big Leagues

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April 8 (Bloomberg) -- As the American baseball seasonbegins, it seems appropriate to borrow an analogy from thesport: Will the “can’t miss” young phenomenon of the politicalworld, Senator Marco Rubio, be able to play in the big leagues?The immigration battle affords a good test.

The conservative Florida Republican is part of a smallgroup of lawmakers trying to fashion a comprehensive immigrationmeasure that creates a pathway to citizenship for most of theestimated 11 million undocumented workers, changes the criteriafor new entrants and devotes more resources to border security.