“All the attention is being paid to illegal immigration, and that is a serious problem that I am going to talk about that in a moment,” Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said on the Senate floor earlier this month. “But issue number one, the fundamental issue of immigration reform is because we do not have a 21st century immigration system,” he continued.

“Our immigration system today is largely based on the idea that if you have a relative here, it is easier for you to come than if you have a special skill or talent that you’re offering the country to contribute. We don’t have a merit-based system, we have a family-based system,” Rubio said. “We have to move toward merit- and skill-based immigration.”