Marco Rubio Tell Indians: U.S. Migration Policy Must Be Pro-American

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has rebuffed Indians’ angry criticisms of President Donald Trump’s migration policy, which threatens to curb the movement of many Indians into Americans’ neighborhoods, jobs, and schools.

“Everything that you do as a country needs to be in your national interest, and that includes your immigration policy,” Rubio said during a press conference in New Delhi, India, on Sunday.

He offered some reassurance to Indians, whose economic strategy sends millions of young Indian migrants to the United States, Europe, and the Middle East:

Anytime you reform a system, there’s going to be some disruptions, there’s going to be some hiccups, there’s going to be some inconvenience, but we think in the long term we’re going to have a system that’s much more stable, much more viable.

On Friday, for example, top officials announced new rules that effectively deny legalization to millions of resident migrants