Immigration Quotes by Marco Rubio

Conservatives aren't anti-immigrant - conservatives are pro-legal immigration.

— Marco Rubio

I'm a big believer in family-based immigration.

— Marco Rubio

I want immigration reform to pass, I want people to be able to come out of the shadows.

— Marco Rubio

The immigration issue is a gateway issue for Hispanics, no doubt about it.

— Marco Rubio

...you're never going to have a legal immigration system that works if you grant amnesty.

— Marco Rubio

The problem is, if El Chapo builds a tunnel under the fence, we need to deal with that too.

— Marco Rubio

A massive immigration bill has no chance of becoming law.

— Marco Rubio

Cubans must prove that they're political refugees. And if they can prove that they're really fleeing persecution, well, they would qualify as…

— Marco Rubio

When was the last time you heard news accounts of a boatload of American refugees arrive on the shores of another country?

— Marco Rubio

It's impossible to walk a block in Miami, in Los Angeles, San Antonio without running into someone who is being deeply impacted…

— Marco Rubio

Americans believe in the value of immigration. We are the most generous nation on earth to immigrants, allowing over one million people…

— Marco Rubio

A key part of your sovereignty is the ability to control the influx and outflow of your people and is the ability…

— Marco Rubio

I do think that there has to be a legal solution, a legal solution on the part of the nation's legislative branch,…

— Marco Rubio

We focus so much on how immigrants can change America that we forget that America has always changed immigrants even more.

— Marco Rubio

Conservatism has always been about reforming government and solving problems, and that's why the conservative movement should lead on immigration reform.

— Marco Rubio

And I think for some - not all - but for some Democrats, the issue of immigration is better politically if they…

— Marco Rubio

There is one way, only one way to solve it, and that is through legislation. It cannot be through an unconstitutional executive…

— Marco Rubio

I think there are some in the Democratic Party - not all - but I think there are some people in the…

— Marco Rubio

I think the immigration system we have now is terrible for the United States of America. We have a legal immigration system…

— Marco Rubio

ISIS is a radical jihadist group that is increasingly sophisticated in its ability, for example, to radicalize American citizens, in its inability…

— Marco Rubio

The key that opens that door is proving to the American public that illegal immigration is under control. And at this point,…

— Marco Rubio

Even if we didn't have a single person in the USA in violation of immigration laws, we'd still have to do immigration…

— Marco Rubio

I believe we must study which changes must be made now that the immigration system has changed, because we are seeing, I…

— Marco Rubio

Ted Cruz said he wanted to find a compromise. Ted Cruz said he wanted to bring 11 million people out of the…

— Marco Rubio

Legal immigration is good for America, if it's controlled and structured via the legal process, of course. But the problem is the…

— Marco Rubio

Cubans who arrive and can prove that they are refugees who are truly fleeing political persecution will continue to qualify as refugees.…

— Marco Rubio

As far as the refugees are concerned, it's not that America doesn't want to accept refugees.t's that we may not be able…

— Marco Rubio

I think the American people are gonna be reasonable with what do you do with someone who has been in this country…

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I would just say it's not good for the country to have 11 million people here who we don't know who they…

— Marco Rubio

There are going to be stories of very young kids that were brought to this country at a very young age who…

— Marco Rubio

No. 1, it [amnesty for illegal aliens] demoralizes the people that are going through the legal process. It's a very clear signal…

— Marco Rubio

Anyone who doesn't agree with the Left's approach to immigration oftentimes gets stigmatized as anti-immigrant or anti-Hispanic.

— Marco Rubio

In 2013 we had never faced a crisis like the Syrian refugee crisis now. Up until that point, a refugee meant someone…

— Marco Rubio

The only people benefiting from the status quo in immigration [in the USA] today are the people trafficking human beings across the…

— Marco Rubio

I think what's important for us to understand and there is a way forward on this issue that we an bring our…

— Marco Rubio

I challenge the Republican nominees and all Republicans to not just be the anti-illegal immigration party. That's not who we are and…

— Marco Rubio

Immigration is not an issue that I read about in the newspaper or watch a documentary on PBS or CNN. It's an…

— Marco Rubio

I think there are many in the Democratic Party that want immigration to be unsolved issue at least for the time being,…

— Marco Rubio

The American people don't trust the Federal Government to enforce our immigration laws, and we will not be able to do anything…

— Marco Rubio

That may not be a majority position in my party, but that's down the road. You can't even begin that process until…

— Marco Rubio