Rubio interview posted by his office

… <p><b>Rubio:</b> &ldquo;Well, first of all, that&rsquo;s not what the bill does. How the bill works is, permanent residency, which is the ability to stay in the country permanently and one day even apply for citizenship, for that to happen, E-Verify has to happen. And entry-exit has to happen. Tracking system has to happen. And all sorts of border provisions, including the ones that are hopefully going to be announced tomorrow that some of my Republican colleagues are going to produce. All those things must happen before anyone who has violated our immigration laws can possibly apply for permanent status. What some people have anxiety about is the fact that there are people living here now in the United States who will begin to work legally before all that is completed. But the way to look at it, and the way that I&rsquo;ve looked at it is, they&rsquo;re already here. They&rsquo;re here now, and they&rsquo;re working here now. The only difference if this passes is we&rsquo;ll know who they are. They will have undergone a background check. They will have paid a fine, and they&rsquo;re going to be paying taxes. If we don&rsquo;t deal with them now, it&rsquo;ll stay the way it is. And that&rsquo;s de facto amnesty. And it&rsquo;ll stay that way for 3 or 4 years. And I just think that&rsquo;s bad for the country. Now, as far as being permanently here, they cannot be permanently here until those important elements that I&rsquo;ve discussed, until those things happen.&rdquo;</p> …