Rubio: 'We have to deal with immigration'

Sen. Marco Rubio on Sunday reaffirmed his support for immigration reform, but rejected the comprehensive, “gang of eight” approach he spearheaded just last year.

The Florida Republican, a possible 2016 presidential candidate, has been criticized by Democrats for abandoning the policies in the bipartisan, comprehensive immigration reform bill that he helped shepherd through the Senate in June of 2013. The bill included a pathway to citizenship for the millions of illegal immigrants currently residing in the U.S., and Rubio took heat from the conservative base for supporting that and other policies found in the “gang of eight” bill.