Marco on Conservative Immigration Reform (This Week)

point by the Republican party's point man on immigration Florida senator Marco Rubio said a review thank you for joining us thank

first of all let me say I'm not the key I think there's ninety two other senators include and eight that I've worked some of the others that I've worked with that are key to this is well so I'm just here today to communicate to you the

importance of this issue and hope that we've agreed to let me let me say this about you ask me there's an agreement the answer is we've been working very hard and I think we have I

come to a position now we've been able to tell our staff to draft something we need to read that and that's what we're in the process of doing but I'm very optimistic that

to be clear you're talking about something that will give a path to citizenship for those that are in the country illegally right now and

in fact give them legal status six months after this becomes law well first of all I think it's important to stand it doesn't give anything it allows people access to the legal immigration system number

two some people won't qualify to have been here long enough they've committed very serious crimes %HESITATION that they won't be able to stay number

three as all people get the opportunity to apply for things to apply for a legal status which isn't awarded on day one I mean there's a process

for that you have to pay an application fee and a fine and you're gonna have to stay in that status while you pay taxes and and and and sprue that you were not a public charge and

after some period of time over ten years as a lapsed the only thing you will get assuming that the border is secure that you verify is in place than

king eyes Steve king in the house is calling this amnesty he said this week that all

senator Ted Cruz are Republican on the Senate was justice harsh listen to what he had to say if we have

something that allows those here illegally kitchen yet she said it's been if it means you're a chump for

having stayed in your own country and follow the rules so your response well first of all the existing law allows people that are here illegally again access

we've done here Scribner turn into took out that they can access and the alternative we created is going to be longer more

are going to get the toughest enforcement measures in the history of this country we are going to secure the border to

the extent that's possible we're going to have it entry and exit system to track basis because forty percent of our illegal immigrants are people that enter legally and

overstayed and we are going to have a verify universally which means you will not be able to find a job in the United States if

you are not legally here be able to find a job in the United States if you are not legally here no one here toughest Republican critics on

this senator sessions is listening to this interview right now and he asked the question is this bill enforcement first or

is it legalization for and the bottom line is with legalization being into six months the answer is that this

is legalization first doesn't offer yeah but it's an well but it's important understand that if you do just that

was my original position the problem is that what do you do in the meantime while you're doing all these enforcement mechanisms what do you do with the millions of people that are undocumented is

it a big Kate a cap of game of cat and mouse four if we catch you you can you have to leave but if we don't catch you in the future you get to apply I

second thing is we don't want to rush on the border we don't want people to think well they're still doing this enforcement stuff at some point in a few years are going to actually start some process so