“Both of my parents were born into poor families on the island of Cuba. They came to America because it was the only place where people like them could have a chance.”

“Both of my parents were born into poor families on the island of Cuba. They came to America because it was the only place where people like them could have a chance.”

“My Dad used to tell us: 'En este pais, ustedes van a poder lograr todas las cosas que nosotros no pudimos' 'In this country, you will be able to accomplish all the things we never could.'”

“We have a legal immigration system that's outdated, it's primarily based on whether you have family members living here. In the 21st century, it has to be more of a merit-based system, and that is why our legal immigration system is in need of modernization.”

“The loans I took out for my undergraduate degree were manageable. But my legal education was more expensive, and I paid for it almost entirely through public and private loans.”

“You cannot grant amnesty. If the American people see us granting amnesty they will never again believe in legal immigration. They will never again support it, and that's wrong for our country, bad for our future.”

“It's impossible to walk a block in Miami, in Los Angeles, San Antonio without running into someone who is being deeply impacted by a broken legal immigration system.”

“We focus so much on how immigrants can change America that we forget that America has always changed immigrants even more.”

“The problem is that we are trying to prepare people for the new economy using a higher education system built for the old economy. As a result, many high-skilled, high-paying industries suffer from a shortage of labor, while too many low-paying industries suffer from a surplus.”

“We need to have a regulatory budget in America that limits the amount of regulations on our economy. We need to repeal and replace Obamacare, and we need to improve higher education so that people can have access to the skills they need for 21st century jobs.”

“We need transparency in government spending. We need to put each government expenditure online so every Floridian can see where their tax money is being spent.”

“Americans chose a limited government that exists to protect our rights, not to grant them.”