by Charlie Spiering 24 Jul 2014, 9:36 AM PDT
breitbart

On Fox News Thursday night, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) said that letting the thousands of unaccompanied minors stay in the United States would be a “big mistake.”

“That would be a big mistake,” he said, adding that although Americans wanted to be humane while handling the children, it "would be inhumane is to allow this to continue.”

“The only way to stop this from continuing is if in fact people are returned to their country,” he said, insisting that it was important to send a message to these countries that things had changed on the border.

Rubio acknowledged that it was a “difficult issue” when so many children were crossing the borders illegally, but it was important to remember that there were limits to American immigration.

“The U.S. can't absorb everyone that comes from a country like that, as difficult as it may be from a humanitarian standpoint,” he said, suggesting that other countries could help reach out to those in trouble.

Rubio also reminded the audience that the United States already allowed a million legal immigrants into the country annually.

“Maybe Mexico or Panama would step up and do their part in terms of doing this,” he said. "But America can't handle all of this.”

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