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Immigration Quotes by Marco Rubio

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Marco Rubio’s statements focus on the practical side of immigration. He points to border tunnels and the need for legal reforms, argues that conservatives should lead the effort, and warns that granting amnesty would break a functional system. The quotes mix policy details with political criticism.

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

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

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

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

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

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A massive immigration bill has no chance of becoming law.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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…

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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…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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We should be the pro-legal immigration party. A party that has a positive platform and agenda on how we can create a…

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The greatest thing that we can do for the world is be America.

Our people want jobs. They don't want a safety net as a way of life.

I believe that every single human being is entitled to the protection of our laws, whether they can vote or not. Whether they can…

I don't measure success by how many buildings have my name on it.

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