Marco Rubio: More Border Security Needed to Pass Immigration Reform Bill

Florida Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio continues to insist that if more border security is not added as part of his immigration reform bill, he would be open to voting against the measure he has publicly championed.

Appearing on Univision on Sunday, Rubio offered his thoughts on the bill.

I am 100 percent committed to the immigration issue, immigration reform, Rubio said. Quite the opposite, I will continue to work to make sure that it doesnt come to that. My point is that if we dont have those -- if we cannot secure the border, if we cannot take the necessary steps to earn our colleagues trust, this will never become law. Were wasting our time. But I dont think it will come to that. I simply think that if we can arrive at a reasonable measure --of course, it has to be something reasonable -- to secure the border and prevent any sort of wave of illegal immigration in the future, that were going to have more than enough votes to be able to accomplish it.

Asked about border security measures, Rubio said they were needed to win over senators from both parties.

There are four, five Democrats who are also asking for it in the Senate, Rubio insisted. And the point is the following: What they want are details on exactly where those resources are going to be used because, yes, there are sectors of the border that are much more secure, but there are others that arent. For example, the area of Tucson, Ariz. So what theyre asking is that it not be left to the discretion of the administration or agencies, but that the law specifically says where and how those resources will be used so that there is no waste and that the ... the errors of the past are not repeated.