Marco Rubio on Face the Nation

trees and living a historic moment it's transitioning into this post industrial area and Arab extraordinary opportunity our

ideas are not allowing our nation to facilitate potential in this new century I believe I have the ideas for the country are going to have the vision for the country I believe on position to help lead this country to this new American century I

think the twenty first century going to be better in the twentieth century but there's something you're gonna have to do to make that happen you were said the other day that this election presents a generational

lot of Republicans think the last time they chose somebody with that very same profile they

didn't use it but it didn't work out very well how do you convince your party you're not you

know who well first of all I think there's a dramatic difference from the president Obama and I and our experience I've actually the only candidate thinking about running for president that served at the local state and federal level served nine years in the Florida legislature I was the speaker of the house %HESITATION

Hispanic you have a wonderful life story you were part of that bipartisan group that put together an immigration reform bill you

voted for it and then when you got a lot of heat even your own party he walked away from what I thought an accurate assessment the what

I'm saying to people is what we can't do it in a massive piece of legislation and I know because I tried we understand that we have to deal with twelve million human beings that are in this country that have been here for longer than a decade we

know we have to deal with this would you sign the bill that you put together into law that's a hypothetical that that

will never happen what I would do arms president the first thing I would do is I would ask Congress to pass a very specific bill put

some place even are fine and entry exit tracking system to prevent peace overstay and improve our

security on the border once we achieve that step to would be would modernize our legal immigration system less

family based more merit base and in the third step would be to pass a bill that goes to the ten million people that are here tormented that are here illegally if

they've been here for longer than a decade they have to pass a background check they have to learn English they have to pay taxes they have to pay a fine and

would be allowed to apply for legal residency just like anybody else would not a special process and after your legal resident after number of years by law you're allowed to apply for citizenship it's a long process it's

a reasonable process it's a fair process but it has to happen in that order and it begins with serious enforcement measures you're

a friend your mentor and a former Florida governor Jeb bush you say you're not

running against him but how can you not run against him I have a tremendous personal affection and admiration for him and

my view of it is there be multiple people running we were blessed us Republicans we have a strong feeling of quality people that are running and

decide well it looks like he's going to run too but I'm gonna tell unique situation you know and I don't think anyone envision

that working this way but there comes a point in time where if you have an opportunity to serve your country legitimately

a legitimate opportunity to serve your country at its highest office especially someone like me that feels a tremendous debt to America I

it's an opportunity I had to take seriously and I did but also at the end of the day it won't change how I feel about governor bush she remained my friend and

%HESITATION someone I admire both personally and politically why would you be a better president than Hillary Clinton that starts with I believe the Clinton presidency %HESITATION