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Marco Rubio: “This is invasion type numbers. This is a mass migration.”

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

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Sen. Marco Rubio on Trump immigration policies and Biden’s candidacy.

Published | Video Starts at 03:48

In three and a half years, we had 11 million people total in the entire country that had been here 10 years or longer. We didn't have what we have right now. This is completely different. We've always had illegal immigration. This is invasion type numbers. This is a mass migration. Totally different dynamic from what we're talking about 10 years ago. Completely different. But when you're Talking about that 80% of those 11 million people who've been here for more than a decade, do. (03:48–03:52)

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Asserts that the current level of unlawful entry into the U.S. is akin to an invasion or mass migration.

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