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>> our current immigration system fails americans, chain migration is a total disaster which threatens our security and our economy and provides a gateway for terrorism. its why our position has been clear and very clear from the beginning. any legislation on daca must secure the border with a wall and crucially the legislation must end chain migration. it must end the visa lottery. >> melissa: joining me is james langford, also a co-author of the succeed act. thank you for joining us. i read on...

There is not just democratic support, but what does the president want. if the president holds firm and demands money for the wall, democrats are going to have to decide whether they swallow something like helping the president fund the wall which will make their base very uncomfortable. >> theyre wont have to if mexico pays for it. >> many democrats said they will not pay for a wall. >> they are willing to work on daca and borter enforcements. the wall seems like its a no go right now. just the...

On streamlining, if he does anything with infrastructure, making it easier to build things in the u.s. again so you dont have a decade of environment aral impact statements and various -- environmental impact statements. >> well, you know, its an interesting political question. if the economy strengthens, jobs continue to be created, that would0b the moment to do infrastructure, when the economys healthier. but if chuck schumer tells his union supporters were not going to do business with this ...

On streamlining, if he does anything with infrastructure, making it easier to build things in the u.s. again so you dont have a decade of environment aral impact statements and various -- environmental impact statements. >> well, you know, its an interesting political question. if the economy strengthens, jobs continue to be created, that would0b the moment to do infrastructure, when the economys healthier. but if chuck schumer tells his union supporters were not going to do business with this ...

Health insurance for children? >> more than 80% of americans support universal background checks for people who want to purchase guns. >> the democrats do not have to be boxed into a corner on this because the wall is expensive, but what is popular are the dreamers. >> i know there was 16 other republican candidates who wished they had become synonymous with the wall. it was one of the reasons why donald trump got elected because the obama administration did not consistently enforce immigration ...

Lieus that are actually already on the books, border enforcement is extremely popular and i would say if i was against it a wall could be defined as an electronic and better border security in general. >> but thats now how the president defined it. >> exactly. >> im saying i would say that you can have more than one type of wall and ive been down there on the border and ive seen in many areas its not needed. vast areas of land that are almost impossible to cross, but theyre not impossible to con...

The question is will they actually partner with us to try to do things for the american people. chris: all right. on infrastructure, day one, all federal money you want only $200 billion with the restç coming from state, local and private. they say the private would be a corporate giveaway, so wheres the deal? >> i think im not going to get in front of the president, but im very confident. weve had conversations with democrats, i think theres a willingness on the policy to get there. the quest...

Were hitting on our immigration policy. in fact, i will say this, i wish the democrats had been stronger on the d.r.e.a.m.ers as they pursued this agreement on the end of the year budget talks. i want them to save the d.r.e.a.m.ers. i mean, this ban expires in march, and youve got 800,000 d.r.e.a.m.ers, young men and women, including some of our military people, that are vulnerable. i wish the president would look at the issue in a comprehensive sense. more border enforcement, i think were okay ...

Member of the coast guard maritime, you really want to spend some money wisely?he put it into the coast guard. thats where most of the contraband is coming in. and increasing amount illegally. >> tucker: nobody trusts congress on border enforcement because they lied to us. thats why we have these problems to begin with. why not cool the temperature, reassure everyone that only the daca people are getting amnesty by just saying, we are not going to allow relatives tot come through chain migration...

Member of the coast guard maritime, you really want to spend some money wisely? put it into the coast guard. thats where most of the contraband is coming in. and increasing amount illegally. >> tucker: nobody trusts congress on border enforcement because they lied to us. thats why we have these problems to begin with. why not cool the temperature, reassure everyone that only the daca people are getting amnesty by just saying we are not going to allow relatives to come through chain migration. >>...