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Marco Rubio Rules Out Path to Citizenship During His Presidency

The Florida senator takes a position that could cost him Hispanic voters in a general election.
Senator Marco Rubio speaks at the Foreign Policy Initiative breakfast on Aug. 14, 2015, in New York.

Senator Marco Rubio speaks at the Foreign Policy Initiative breakfast on Aug. 14, 2015, in New York.

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Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio has effectively ruled out granting lawful permanent residency to undocumented immigrants if he makes it to the White House, even for a second term.

Pressed by conservative host Sean Hannity during a Monday night interview on Fox News, the Florida senator said he's open to a path to citizenship for people in the U.S. illegally, but only a decade or more after passage of bills to secure the border and modernize the legal immigration system.