During a Senate hearing, Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended the US immigration policies, stating the nation can't accept everyone and prioritizes easily vetted individuals. Senator Hollen criticized Rubio's deportation policies,

Va., clashed over the U.S. resettlement of South African refugees, with Rubio accusing Kaine of objecting to the refugees’ skin color.

In a clash with Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D) that went well beyond the senator’s allotted questioning time, Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts and even suggested that no court could tell him how to do his job.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio described the idea of accepting all migrants wishing to live in the United States as "ridiculous."

Secretary of State Marco Rubio clashed with Hillary Clinton’s former running mate Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia Tuesday over

In two particularly contentious exchanges, Sens. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) demanded answers on the decision to suspend overall refugee admissions but to exempt Afrikaners based on what they called “specious” claims that they have been subjected to massive discrimination by the South African government. Rubio gave no ground.

"There is now a one-strike policy: Catch-And-Revoke," Rubio said in a social media post on May 2. "Whenever the government catches non-U.S. citizens breaking our laws, we will take action to revoke their status."

Vance will travel this weekend to Vatican City where he will attend the inaugural Mass of Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pontiff, who has previously been critical of him.

Rubio, once a Trump rival, has scrapped his old foreign policy playbook and courted MAGA dignitaries while avoiding the missteps of other Cabinet members.