Rubio Toughens Immigration Stance by Invoking Terrorism Fears
The senator's ominous rhetoric was well-received in New Hampshire.
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Marco Rubio warned New Hampshire voters on a cold Thursday that the Islamic State terrorist group is exploiting loopholes in the U.S. immigration system to send jihadists into the country to kill Americans.
"As someone who has access to very sensitive information, I can tell you for a fact that ISIS understands our legal immigration system and is seeking to exploit it," the Florida senator, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, told a packed house party in Bedford at the first of three public events over two days in the Granite State.