Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended the deportation of three children who are U.S. citizens, claiming the mothers could have made their kids stay behind. “Those children are U.S. citizens,” Rubio said on Sunday’s episode of “Meet The Press.

Sen. Marco Rubio denied that the US deported three citizens aged two, four and seven instead saying that the children's mothers opted to take them with them.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Sunday that a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine needs to happen soon, adding that the Trump administration will spend the coming week trying to determine whether to continue as a mediator.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the U.S. may withdraw from mediation talks with Ukraine and Russia if President Donald Trump's administration doesn't see progress.