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Sen. Marco Rubio, a rising star in the Republican party who many see as the logical choice for the party's vice presidential nomination, says the GOP needs to refine its message on immigration and improve outreach to Hispanics.

The Florida freshman told Time magazine in an interview â€" excerpts of which were published Wednesday â€" that the party needed positive messaging on the subject of immigration.

"What’s the Republican legal-­immigration plan? And that’s a problem, when all they hear from you is what you’re against and not what you’re for. The Republican Party has to become the proâ€"legal immigration party. It has to be a party that puts out two things: a common­sense, c! ompassionate yet law-based response to people that are here without documents, and a robust legal-­immigration system that ­emphasizes border security, worker security and an workable visa program," Rubio said. "We have to have a proactive policy in that regard, and we haven’t."

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