We should be the pro-legal immigration party. A party that has a

Hear the words of Marco Rubio, spoken as both a son of immigrants and a servant of the people: “We should be the pro-legal immigration party. A party that has a positive platform and agenda on how we can create a legal immigration system that works for immigrants and works for America.” These words are not dry policy, but a vision that binds two great truths together: that a nation must uphold the law, and that it must also open its gates with wisdom and compassion to those who seek a better life.

For what is legal immigration, if not the noble path by which strangers become citizens, by which hope finds legitimacy, and by which the dream of freedom is joined with the discipline of order? Rubio reminds us that the strength of America lies not in closing its doors, nor in casting them open without rule, but in building a system where fairness and humanity walk side by side. The immigrant gains dignity in being welcomed lawfully, and the nation gains strength in welcoming him with structure, not chaos.

Look to history, and you will see this truth confirmed. In the days of Ellis Island, millions arrived from every corner of the earth—Italians, Poles, Germans, Jews, Irish—all entering not in secrecy but in daylight, processed with care, recorded with names, and given a place in the tapestry of the republic. Many began in poverty, yet in time they became builders, teachers, soldiers, and leaders. This was immigration working for America, and America working for immigrants.

Contrast this with times when the system faltered, when immigration became entangled in corruption or burdened with inefficiency. In those days, suspicion grew, division hardened, and the noble spirit of welcome was clouded by anger. Rubio speaks to heal this wound, to remind his party and his nation that the answer is not hostility but a positive platform, one that preserves both the majesty of law and the promise of opportunity.

Consider also the story of Rubio himself, the child of Cuban immigrants who sought a better life on American shores. His rise from modest beginnings to the halls of the Senate is not only personal triumph but a living example of his creed: that when the legal system is made strong and fair, it allows immigrants not merely to survive, but to flourish and give back to the land that received them. His words are born not from theory, but from the blood of his own story.

The lesson here is clear: a nation’s greatness lies in its ability to blend justice with mercy, law with compassion, and order with opportunity. To reject immigrants is to deny the very roots of America; to ignore the law is to endanger its stability. Only by forging a system that works for both—immigrants and the nation—can the promise of the republic endure.

Therefore, in your own life, honor this teaching. Welcome the stranger with kindness, but also respect the laws that preserve fairness. Support reforms that simplify the path to citizenship while upholding security and integrity. Speak not with suspicion of those who come seeking a better life, but with recognition that they, too, can strengthen the land, just as waves of immigrants have done before.

So let Rubio’s words echo across the generations: be pro-legal immigration, not in empty slogans, but in deeds, policies, and platforms that lift both the newcomer and the nation. For a country that balances compassion with justice, and law with opportunity, will stand not only prosperous, but righteous, leaving a legacy of hope for those who follow.