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Thing. republican administrations in the past have not endorsed this kind of approach and when they did, certainly wouldnt have retreated from it -- would have retreated from it because it comes across as inhumane. george w. bush talked in his administration about the value of immigration and wanting to find a solution to the immigration issue that was both tough on security as well as humane to the people who have come here illegally. ronald reagan signed the last immigration reform package whe...

Temperature of the members of congress up here. members who dont normally go out of their way to speak out like this. thats why the statement that murkowski put out last night caught my attention. shes someone who has shown shell stand up to president trump with her vote. remember, she voted against the health care repeal bill. she generally keeps her cards close to her vest. she doesnt go out of her way to pick fights. she put out a very strong statement, calling this policy cruel. saying the w...

President to lend his support to one or both of these immigration bills that the house will be voting on later in the week. but we do expect that this family separation issue will become a major talking point in this meeting. now, to tamp down expectations a little bit, its worth pointing out in previous situation, where the president has come to talk to house republicans, he has done most of the talking and has not gotten a lot of pushback just because of the way that hes controlled the room. t...

Hawaii senator mazie hirono. heres a sample of what it sounded like from the republican side today. >> ive had many conversations with many of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to see what we could come up with, but the fact is the administration has the authority to fix this immediately without legislation. nevertheless, there is -- well, there are multiple groups working on possible legislative fixes. >> secretary nielsen today said that congress alone has the authority to fix it. >> th...

Families this way. because, again, this is coming from the party that was pro-family. remember how we used to beat people up all the time on this issue about being pro-family and the fact that other policies of other administrations did not respect the family and the rights of the family to keep the family together? now we here in the business of tearing that piece of paper up and writing a new contract that says something very different about the kind of america we are. >> the kind of america t...

All the administrations bad excuses for his lousy immigration policy. "washington post," "new york times." do you think that theres a reality check coming? or do you think at the end of the day republicans bend to the presidents will, as they often do? >> we havent seen a standoff yet with an elected republican lawmaker who has a political future still at stake. weve seen it more with republican governors than we have with republicans on the hill, hogan and a few others have a little more distan...

More of them have not come forward and spoken out against this very cruel, unnecessary decision by the administration to rip apart these families. >> thank you. >> thats what it sounded like from the democratic side today, just to sample. hawaii senator maisie hirono. heres a sample of what it sounded like from the republican side today. >> ive had many conversations with many of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to see what we could come up with, but the fact is the administration has th...

They havent acted mind you. but tonight senator lisa murkowski, a republican from alaska, issued a statement saying in part, quote, the time is now for the white house to end the cruel, tragic separations of families. they are not consistent with our values. to blame previous administrations for a wrong committed today is not acceptable. reminder, shes a republican. other members of the senate agreed with that sentiment. >> the president has the ability to stop this if hed like. i understand tha...

Together and condemn this policy. the conference of catholic bishops has called it immoral. why? >> well, basically what were seeing is the administration weaponizing children to the administration weaponizing children to use them as a club to intimidate parents to discourage them, to der te thte from applying for asylum. this is certainly a case of the end not justifying the means. thee are able means. so the church and other people of good will have spoken very strongly against this policy. no...

Zero tolerance policy only fanned the flames surrounding the administrations decision to separate families. >> we have a long existing policy multiple administrations have followed that outline when we may take action to protect children. its good to see you. thank you very much. >> thanks for having me. >> if you could give us a reality check over whether there is a inherited law, a democratic law. >> the secretary was making the argument the administration has the ability to protect children. ...