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Marco Rubio: “It is illegal, it is a violation of federal law to go and…”

Featuring: Marco Rubio, Republican | Secretary of State, United States | National

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FULL GAGGLE: Rubio Takes Questions From Reporters After Cuba Claims Deadly Strike On U.S. Speedboat

Published | Video Starts at 08:34

Now separate from that, yes, there have been people in the past that have run into Cuba to bring people and so on. It is illegal, it is a violation of federal law to go and run people back and forth [from Cuba]. And we've caught people doing that in the past. It doesn't normally lead to shootouts, to be honest with you. But I'm not claiming that's what's happened here. I don't know. (08:34–08:39)

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Asserts that transporting people to and from Cuba is illegal under U.S. federal law.

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