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>> reporter: along the gulf coast residents acknowledged that fishing often is a cash business. buyers come to the dock and pay cash for seafood fresh off the boat. >> it has been like that for generations. you go down there and give them $200 and get 100 pounds of shrimp p and you leave. >> reporter: some political leaders argue for an amnesty program to help those in need. >> does it mean these fishermen who may have operate order a cash base list have to change the way they do business? okay,...

These guys? >> not all that much. you know how the irs is. in fact, people who are getting compensation from the irs, they have to pay taxes, you know. thats income. and the irs wants to collect its share. there hasnt been yet any sort of amnesty program established but certainly that is something thats being looked into. >> we will track it. ems worker may be the first person that you see if you have been in a car accident or you have suffered a heart attack. right? so do you care about the c...

This is about an effort to stop any enforcement as they can usher in their amnesty program it is a nonenforcement policy. is that the policy. interior enforcement is down 75% in this administration it is outrage jouchls states have inherent authority and -- >> i dont think those numbers are right. >> those numbers are right. >> everybody on this program before, on both sides of this issue has conceded that enforcement is actually stronger along the board we are more -- >> no, no, no, no, that is...

State and local levels. arizona 1070, a law was passed in fremont, nebraska. does the federal government need to step in now and do something about it? >> yeah, john. and they should. they should not make the same mistake they did in 96, rewarding people for being here illegally. call on everybody who work together on the bipartisan bill. the schuman bill that had over 230 supporters. the lets do something we can agree on. lets concentrate on the employment magnet. its require everybody to use e...

Do they have horrible penalties, further scare tactics that will come into play. >> if you do play well eliminate your penalty and cut interest in half. if you dont pay, legislation puts a 5% additional kicker on what you owe. so it makes abundant sense to pay. after the amnesty program is over, june 18th, were going to take a look at next steps. some people said lets publish names in newspapers. im generally against that. i could be persuaded. im generally against that. another tactic when i wa...

If they are then what you saw here is a capability they have to be able to do what they said. >> greta: it destroys lives in some of the ways that people -- people get behind in their taxes, a lot of people get behind. not everybody is a crook some people cant make it. >> the interesting thing is, this is an amnesty program. to say you owe and we are going to give you amnesty. we are not going to charge you penalties, just interest. we are going to charge you half the interest that you would oth...

Going to be effective and then it was a mistake to do it. then you go off saying gee why isnt president obama instead of making deals with representative gutierrez why isnt he laying the groundwork? here is the thing, karl, you were in the white house with president bush for eight years. you guys tried to get an immigration reform deal done. president bush was very, very vociferous in saying he wanted amnesty program. >> no. we were not -- juan, we were not for amnesty. we were in favor of makin...

Going to be effective and then it was a mistake to do it. then you go off saying gee why isnt president obama instead of making deals with representative gutierrez why isnt he laying the groundwork? here is the thing, karl, you were in the white house with president bush for eight years. you guys tried to get an immigration reform deal done. president bush was very, very vociferous in saying he wanted amnesty program. >> no. we were not -- juan, we were not for amnesty. we were in favor of makin...

Going to be effective and then it was a mistake to do it. then you go off saying gee why isnt president obama instead of making deals with representative gutierrez why isnt he laying the groundwork? here is the thing, karl, you were in the white house with president bush for eight years. you guys tried to get an immigration reform deal done. president bush was very, very vociferous in saying he wanted amnesty program. >> no. we were not -- juan, we were not for amnesty. we were in favor of makin...

Ones who should get hammered but in the end, its unfortunate but what we have is an administration that is positioning itself for an amnesty program and dont want to deport anybody unless theyre a murderer, rapist or terrorist. theyre setting up programs that are sending conflicting signals and making us, the american taxpayers, feel like our government is incoherent. >> its just weird. i welcome anyone from the administration supporting this to explain the value of that program but youre reward...