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MIAMI, Feb. 21 (UPI) -- Sen. Marco Rubio was loudly heckled at a book signing in his hometown by vocal opponents of his stance on immigration reform Friday night.

Rubio, R-Fla., was promoting his new book "American Dreams" at Miami Dade College when at least eight young adults interrupted him as he was speaking about the United States, freedom and opportunity.

"What about my parents?" shouted one of the protesters. "You're a hypocrite," another yelled.

While campus security swept in to remove the hecklers, Rubio, who is considering a presidential run in 2016, told the crowd he's one of the few national figures to be heckled "by both sides of the immigration debate."

"I just hope you bought the book," Rubio quipped.

"If what they wanted was a discount of the book we could have worked it out," he later said.

Indeed this isn't the first time Rubio has faced sharp criticism for his immigration policy. Rubio was part a bipartisan "Gang of Eight" that wrote a immigration reform bill that was passed by the U.S. Senate in 2013. When the bill crashed at the Republican-controlled House, Rubio took a hit from Republicans who saw him as too eager to compromise with Democrats for a bad bill.

In 2013, Rubio was met with cries of "No amnesty" at the Americans for Prosperity's Defending the American Dream Summit in Orlando.

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