Rubio blasts ‘world without borders’ fantasy, warns mass migration threatens Western civilization

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio connected Saturday blasted the thought of a "world without borders," informing European leaders that unchecked wide migration is destabilizing Western civilization and eroding nationalist sovereignty.

Speaking astatine the yearly Munich Security Conference, Rubio criticized the post-Cold War content that the satellite had reached the "end of history" — an epoch successful which wide ideology would spread, and nationalist borders would slice — calling it a "dangerous delusion."

"This was a foolish thought that ignored some quality nature, and it ignored the lessons of implicit 5000 years of recorded quality history, and it has outgo america dearly," Rubio said.

Rubio stressed that borderline information is not rooted successful exclusion, but successful responsibility.

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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivers a keynote code astatine the 62nd Munich Security Conference connected Feb. 14, 2026 successful Munich, Germany.  (Johannes Simon/Getty Images)

"We indispensable besides summation power of our nationalist borders, controlling who and however galore radical participate our countries," helium said. "This is not an look of xenophobia. It is not hate. It is simply a cardinal enactment of nationalist sovereignty."

Failing to bash so, Rubio warned, is "not conscionable an abdication of 1 of our astir basal duties owed to our radical — it is an urgent menace to the cloth of our societies and the endurance of our civilization itself."

The U.S. apical diplomat added that lax enforcement threatens "the cohesion of our societies, the continuity of our culture, and the aboriginal of our people."

Rubio’s remarks travel amid mounting governmental tensions successful some Europe and the U.S. implicit migration, asylum argumentation and borderline security.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio listens to German diplomat and Munich Security Conference Chairman Wolfgang Ischinger astatine the Munich Security Conference connected Feb. 14, 2026, successful Munich, Germany. (Alex Brandon / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Outlining America’s absorption nether President Donald Trump, Rubio said the U.S. seeks to rebuild its confederation with Europe connected stronger footing.

"We privation allies who tin support themselves truthful that nary adversary volition ever beryllium tempted to trial our corporate strength," helium said. "This is wherefore we bash not privation our allies to beryllium shackled by guilt and shame. We privation allies who are arrogant of their civilization and of their heritage, who recognize that we are heirs to the aforesaid large and noble civilization, and who, unneurotic with us, are consenting and capable to support it."

"We successful America person nary involvement successful being polite and orderly caretakers of the West's managed decline," Rubio said. "We bash not question to separate, but to revitalize an aged relationship and renew the top civilization successful quality history."

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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks, adjacent to Munich Security Conference president Wolfgang Ischinger, successful Munich, Germany, Feb. 14, 2026.   (Alex Brandon/Pool via REUTERS)

The caput said the U.S. seeks an confederation "ready to support our people, to safeguard our interests, and to sphere the state of enactment that allows america to signifier our ain destiny, not 1 that exists to run a planetary payment authorities and atone for the purported sins of past generations."

Rubio reminded attendees that America’s ties to Europe agelong backmost centuries, saying the U.S. volition stay permanently linked to the continent.

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"What we person inherited unneurotic is thing that is unsocial and distinctive and irreplaceable," Rubio said. "Acting unneurotic successful this way, we volition not conscionable assistance retrieve a sane overseas policy, it volition reconstruct to america a wide consciousness of ourselves. It volition reconstruct a spot successful the world, and successful truthful doing, it volition rebuke and deter the forces of civilizational erasure that contiguous menace some America and Europe alike."

Marco Rubio could not beryllium instantly reached by Fox News Digital for comment.