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Right about now theyre going to have their last meeting before going home for spring break. and they believe that when they get back from those two weeks off, wolf, they are going to be ready to unveil their proposal, that they will have agreed on, and that is talking about april 8th, the beginning of that week. >> that would be huge. what have they agreed on apparently so far? well, lets start with the most divisive issue and that is of course a path to citizenship for illegal workers. im told ...

The most contentious details in the senators plan for immigration reform is a border commission. this would be a group of governors from south western states who would decide whether the border was secure enough before immigrants can go through the process of obtaining citizenship. senator chuck schumer tried to clarify on thursday. >> the purpose of that committee is to get input from them, to have them be part of the process, for them to understand were not trying to roll over them but get a g...

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Welcome back to "fox news sunday." >> good to be back, thank you. >> chris: the gang of eight plan has a tough border enforcement component. 90% apprehension rate, 100% surveillance rate. how far are we from that now on the southwest border? >> in some regions it is important to understand there is no one border. it is broken up into nine different sectors. in some it is being achieved today but in others it is not. three sectors are far from that number and that is what the number needs to come...

Gables, florida. welcome back to "fox news sunday." >> good to be back, thank you. >> chris: the gang of eight plan has a tough border enforcement component. 90% apprehension rate, 100% surveillance rate. how far are we from that now on the southwest border? >> in some regions it is important to understand there is no one border. it is broken up into nine different sectors. in some it is being achieved today but in others it is not. three sectors are far from that number and that is what the num...

Exit entry tracking system. 40% of illegal immigrants are people that came legally and overstayed. all three have to work together and all three have to happen. >> chris: go back to the border as an example. you say it is a trigger 90% apprehension rate has to be certified by the department of homeland security before the 11 million illegals and this would be a decade from now could begin to apply for green cards but the democrats on your group your gang of eight including dick durbin will be on...