Marco Rubio: “We will seize it. That remains in place, and that's a tremendous amount of leverage that will continue to be in place…”

In the long term, the future of Venezuela is to have a democratically elected- elected government, in a republic where the country’s leaders are directly accountable to the laws of the country and to the voters of that country.

This is a project that will involve sustainment for the long term. Multiple American administrations are going to have to make this a priority.

This has to be an endeavor that goes on beyond the next two years. It has to go on for a generation.

At the end of the day, the solution here is not simply immigration reform. The solution is a Venezuelan, a Venezuela where Venezuelans who wish to return can return and live without having political or economic concerns.