>> i am not and i will never support, never have and never will support any to grant blanket legalization amnesty. >> marco rubio was part of the >> one of the architects of the plan senator marco rue yoeb bio. it was marco rubio a member of the gang of eight and ted cruz that wasn't. >> and senator marco rubio joins me now. senator, welcome back to "meet the press."

going to do it when i'm president. when i'm president, when i'm the nominee, we're going to keep our majority in the house and senate and we're going to pass first and foremost immigration laws that secure our border. and until that is in place, we're not going to be able to do anything else. that's the lesson of the last ten years. the american people we do not have the political support to do it all at once. they do not trust the federal government to enforce immigration laws. and as a result the key that unlocks the door to make progress on illegal immigration is to bring illegal immigration under control first. and we will do that when i'm president. >> i've had a lot of republicans in iowa that i've talked to who really like you and then they say why won't he repudiate the gang of eight? >> that's not how we're going to do it when i'm president. that's not going to be the law that we'll pass -- >> do you regret ever being involved? >> look, i tried to fix a problem. this is a...