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Sponsors included 20,000 border security agents and promszed to finish the 700 mile fence. that lured republican senators to the yes column. maybe some more would have voted yes, if they were not stuck on planes with weather troubles. the reality is, three or four more votes probably wouldnt have changed the real split inside the gop on whether or not any kind of path to citizenship should be voted on before they first take the issue of border security off the table. its something i talked about...

Colleagues and maybe some more conservative democrats who were sort of towing the line like mary landrieu, now shes signaling shes going to be for it. what youre going to see today is a number of statements that this really does secure the border and theres still some sort of far right conservatives who says it doesnt like jeff sessions but the middle-ground conservatives come to the floor and say this is the best were going to do. its giving billions more in new money to build fences, create dr...

The republican national committee. and 80% of the public agreeing about the path to citizenship. the key thing to talk about is not amnesty but accountability. a pro is sessions that presents as you said paying back taxes and paying your due and keeping up with the rights and security. border are security is stronger than it has been for 40 years in this country. we are spending $18 billion right now. we have 21,000 border security agents. a different time. we were talking about piece meal. it i...

The sequester, the release ef many jailed illegal immigrants, and that has critics saying its a move that is designed to ril rile folks up and it didnt need to happen. >> this is very hard for me to believe that they cant find cuts elsewhere in their agency. i frankly think this is outrageous. im looking for more facts, but i cant believe that they cant find the kind of savings out of that department sort of letting criminals go free. martha: interesting point. brand-new hour starts now of "amer...

Direction. just this past thursday, i was with senator jeff sessions and chuck grassily and we were with border security agents and union representatives. what they had to say from the front line, if you will, was very, very disturbing. basically that, all the push, all the pressure theyre getting from their superiors is about who not to arrest who, to let g. thats a big push president is focus right now. >> shannon: we have heard from a number of groups, and agents themselves, saying they are c...

those who labeled him an immigrant and a tax cheat are wrong. we begin this evening with an important lesson in attack politics. a plan no matter how controversial or audatious is useless unless someone is willing to bank roll it. at the moment, no one is willing to pay the estimated $10 million price tag to implement this plan. the defeat of barack hussein obama but think again. >> i repudiate that effort. i think it is the wrong course for a pack or a campaign. i hope that our camp...

politics in-depth. im wolf blitzer in florida, youre in the "situation room." >> the dust is settling here in jacksonville, florida, after our very exciting cnn republican presidential debate last night. and theres new evidence that mitt romney is gaining support four days before florida puts its stamp on the republican race for the white house. the new poll shows romney nine points ahead of gingrich among likely gop primary voters here in florida. the survey was taken tuesday through ...

That people need to get over it. we are u.s. senators and we are expected to produce a result. check your emotions at the door to solve the problem, the emotions in the daca population im most concerned with, i want to solve the problem. i think we should go to a full open process. you can shed light on what i think are unreasonable positions and of the american people can see that the president is prepared to accept something far less than what some of his advisors want to give him, maybe what ...

We need a wall, we need closing enforcement. we have to close enforcement loopholes. give immigration officers and these are tremendous people, the border security agents, the ice agents. we have to give them the equipment they need. we have to close loopholes. and this really does include a very strong amount of different things for border security. i think everybody in the room would agree to that. i think that we -- its a question of amounts but i think everyone agrees we have to have border ...

Better way by increasing border security agents and economic development in mexico to reduce the demand for illegal immigration. there are more efficient ways of tackling this problem that would not alieneate mexico work can be a better for tax dollars. >> jason: the president is going to get his wall. hes going to get the $1.8 billion that he wanted, and i do not know how we can settle for anything less. as president obama said, they have consequences, this is one of things the president said h...