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Marco Rubio: “We have to examine the reason why they want to come here, as opposed to going to Panama or some other place.”

On the recordJuly 16, 2014
We have to examine the reason why they want to come here, as opposed to going to Panama or some other place.
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Marco Rubio
Republican · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Rubio stresses the need to understand motivations behind migration to the U.S.

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