Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s tough-to-measured, then back to tough approach on immigration reform, has caused Miami Republican Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart to ask Trump to clarify exactly where he stands on the issue, as well as on a host of other foreign policy issues.

Like Senator Marco Rubio and the rest of the Miami Republican congressional delegation-Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Carlos Curbelo- Diaz-Balart has been one of the toughest opponents of the Castro regime in Cuba as well as of the Chavez/Maduro crime syndicate in Venezuela.

Here is Diaz Balart stating that President Obama favors communist countries over pro-American ones.

Diaz-Balart, who has been on the front lines in the struggle to eradicate the Zika virus in Florida, but has always been for comprehensive immigration reform, or how many pro-legal immigration advocates would call it, amnesty for illegal aliens living in the U.S.

 “I’m not going to get into a lot of details because I’m still hoping to get something done. This has been one of those unfinished businesses. So, I’m hoping to have a president who is willing to look at this stuff seriously.,” adding that “building a wall on its own will not do anything. So, I would support and I have worked on fixing the system that’s broken.” -Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R)

Trump’s tough talk on immigration seems to be welcomed by most Americans, but some of the few so-called authorities on immigration reform in the U.S. have taken issue with his deportation rhetoric, including Diaz-Balart. Most, if not all of these Hispanic outreach aficionados support some form of pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens.

 “I don’t like what he’s been saying… “But what is key is this: I’ve never seen a plan from him. I have no idea. And, so, I’ve heard different things. And, so, I don’t know.”-Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart

Diaz-Balart and other support the deportation of “criminal” illegal aliens, but not of all those individuals who have entered the U.S. illegally. Again, if an individual breaks into someone’s home or place of business, that person is committing a crime. If individuals break into a country (enter illegally) without permission, isn’t that also the same type type crime?

Here is Diaz-Balart and I in his D.C. office discussing immigration reform.