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Marco Rubio: “We have in this country millions of people, some who have…”

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

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Interview with Secretary of State Marco Rubio on State Department Reorganization and U.S. Foreign Policy

Published | Video Starts at 12:48

We've seen that play out, and that's an enormous achievement because it stops the problem. That still leaves us with a fundamental challenge, and that is that We have in this country millions of people, some who have been here many years, someone who've been here for a year and a half or two, who are unlawfully in the United States. And it's this simple. If you say the speed zone is 70 miles an hour, but you people know they're not going to get a ticket unless they go 90 miles an hour, no one's going to drive under the speed. (12:48–12:57)

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