This week the Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio [invited](http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2012/03/daniela-pelaez-to-meet-with-florida-lawmers-in-washington-.html) Daniela Palaez, a Miami high school valedictorian who’s quickly become a national face for the DREAM Act, to Washington D.C., and later said he still opposes the DREAM Act. Palaez and her sister Dayana were facing removal to Colombia, but [won a two-year reprieve](http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/03/06/2679197/north-miami-valedictorian-wins.html#storylink=cpy) on their deportation order after their principal, local superintendent, thousands of fellow students, as well as Florida lawmakers from both parties lobbied to keep them in the country.
Marco Rubio Meets Miami DREAMer, Still Opposes DREAM Act
Witness the Florida Republican Senator's head-scratching political calculus.
By Julianne Hing Mar 09, 2012