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America. and they represent not just in their one appointment confirmed by the senate, they represent 18,000 plus men and women in uniform, and theyre -- themselves, agents, who actually have enforced the law for 21 plus years, so i think what they have to say is very valuable, and all of those gentlemen ive worked with personally, and know and understand their viewpoint. and i can say both in law enforcement here in arizona in the past, and also serving in the reserve component specifically for...

Republican side, there is going to be or from the white house, there is going to be a wall. >> the president changed his positions on this issue so many times. its hard to know where he stands. i think that the speaker and others are meeting with the president and they are meeting with him to discuss this. for me personally, we have to fight illegal immigration and protect our borders. there is a lot of support for enhancing border security, but no support for a wall. the majority of americans n...

Be fact-based and not based on a campaign slogan, which is the wall. the wall has been a big keep out sign to the rest of the world. thats not what we want. >> they want different barriers in different places as we understand it. some of that would include fencing, a wall, maybe not in its entirety, but $5 billion is not going to give us that anyway. sounds like you are saying you are open to that? >> we are open to physical barriers. there is already fencing on the border. there is 700 miles of...

Correspondent kyung lah sat down with her as she made her way to washington. she broke barriers. i dont know what i was doing at 31, but i wasnt in congress. >> i was still trying to straighten out my life. when you look at this picture, youre seeing a record number of women who are joining congress. we have talked about all these women running, and now that they have won, they have been sworn in, and theyre gathering for this incredible picture. a lot of these women are first-time candidates, f...

Here he is. >> the wall, you can call it a barrier or whatever you want, but essentially we need protection in our country. i have never had so much support as i have in the last week over my stance for border security, for border control and for frankly the wall or the barrier. >> rick? border security? border control? barrier? a wall? which is it? >> if you listen to the people that came out and spoke after him they came out and talked about how essential the barrier or a wall is. >> those are...

Bill clinton. he brokered a deal with duncan hunter, the first congressman, the father in san diego, when he offered a three barrier, three layers, three different walls, at certain portions of the border where high traffic proven smuggling routes were, or theres built up urban centers, thats what exists northwest of tijuana, south of san diego. and bill clinton, actually approved, signed into law two walls, two barriers, and that never was achieved. this isnt a democrat or republican issue, we ...

You know he is struggling with his base. he never said, okay, you win, it wont be a cement wall and we will make it a fence. >> i think republicans and conservatives would be happy if the barriers that were constructed were things that were appropriate and the experts, the folks at the border who are actually doing the work say, look, this is sufficient for what we want to accomplish in stopping this particular form of traffic. that, to me, is a way out, and something that i think conservatives ...

Protection and the border control. you have a senate confirmed commissioner who could have been there to answer questions, that was not what the white house intended. but i would say in is certainly some evidence that barriers work, they have worked in some sectors. but a couple key points, if the president felt it was necessary to have $5 billion for a border wall, he should have put that in his budget request. the presidents own budget request asked for $1.6 billion for 65 miles of border wall...

Wall, whatever you want to call it, might work and might be essential to keep people from sneaking into the united states? >> we have barriers on the southern border at different places. we do use different types of border security. were not -- thats not what the president is talking about. hes talking about building a wall, originally wanted it from coast to coast and wanted his beautiful wall. it had nothing to do with security. certainly, you need barriers. and we support barriers. >> the pre...

Weve had many of the leaders on both sides of the aisle vote for this many times, this has long history, the great credit of bill clinton. he brokered a deal with duncan hunter, the first congressman, the father in san diego, when he offered a three barrier, three layers, three different walls, at certain portions of the border where high traffic proven smuggling routes were, or theres built up urban centers, thats what exists northwest of tijuana, south of san diego. and bill clinton, actually ...