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Sen. Marco Rubio, elaborating on his immigration stance, says he still supports comprehensive reform, but believes it will have to be accomplished through individual bills instead of a larger legislative package.

I still believe we need to do immigration reform, Rubio said on Fox News Sunday. The problem is we cant do it in one big piece of legislation - the votes arent there.

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One of many Republicans eyeing the GOP presidential nomination, the Florida senator said he has not changed his stance on the need to address who the country allows to become citizens, but believes Americans want reassurances from the federal government that illegal immigration will be halted before addressing reform.

The first thing we are going to do is prove to the American people that future illegal immigration is under control, he said.

Rubio was also asked by Fox host Chris Wallace about George W. Bushs decision to invade Iraq in 2003, which has become a bit of a hot potato for Republican hopefuls after Jeb Bush said last week he would have invaded given todays knowledge of the situation, then spent several days backtracking.

Rubio attempted to differentiate between the decision President Bush made at the time, when intelligence reports claimed there were weapons of mass destruction, and whether he believes the Iraq War was a good decision today.

It was not a mistake for the president to go into Iraq, based on the information he was provided as president, Rubio said. Weve learned subsequently that the information was wrong.

Now, Rubio said, he believes Iraq and the world are better off without Saddam Hussein.

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Politico: Rubio still favors piece-by-piece immigration reform