this. does this get bigger? does it start to look like gang of eight? well, right now we re focused on the border security package and getting the remaining appropriations bills through for the first word. we have a lot of bipartisan agreement on those bills. for the package we could stay more narrowly focused. the pthd says he is willing to have weekly bipartisan meetings at the white house and the republicans have always said if we can get border security done first we will have those decisio discussions. i always heard that, border security first, border security first. who decides when the border security has been implemented? i imagine that is among the topics you re trying to figure out? exactly right.
you would pay for that? there s fencing well, there s fencing now at the border. yes. there s always been fencing at the border. so, some kind of fencing is always part of the equation. the question is whether it s part of a larger common sense approach that is putting border security first. but it s like we make jokes about this. are you are you i mean, i understand there is a lot down there, more than 700 miles of fence and wall and whatever down there, but it sounds like what you re saying is that if i call a wall a fence, you might vote for some. well, you have to see what you re talking about here. does it contribute in a smart way to our security? certain physical barriers can make sense along the border, and in a lot of places, you already have that. but don t get stuck on this idea that you need $5.6 billion for the president s wall. that doesn t make any sense. now, he s, i guess, detailed some of thinhis staff to sit do and maybe begin a constructive
yous the magnet for us we are hiring them you and i every time we get a cheap roof or cheap road or cheap plate of earnladace we are the magnet other governments ecpel them. we are 50% responsible. get on to creating a system where the folks want to work hard and don t you are inflating issue. we are talking about the president calling the national guard that is the issue here not discussing the issue of amnesty i know you want to come first but for years people have been promised they would have border security in exchange for amnesty the administration is put being border security first. why president trump said the same as bush and obama and your side of theave thinks it is new and unnecessary. don t put me on either side of the political aisle.
who say you either do daca as a stand alone or maybe we will include security to get it done. conservatives will support legal status. but they want to see the border security first. they don t believe if they agree to legal status or amnesty there will ever be border security. the democrats, on the other hand, there is a lack of trust there. they want to see amnesty or legal status first because they don t believe they will give border security. it is a question of timing. i confess i m much less sanguine
should be person based. laura: senator, back in 2015, you gave us speech at seatac. you said i learned by westmont immigration. your point was that we have to have to do enforcement first before he can get to the other parts he said. that was obviously because of the gang of eight. that went down in flames. appeared with the gang of eight coming out the gang of six. you have lindsey graham out there, who today said we need different partners, willing partners in the white house. what of that? the white house is the white house. the president ran on the wall and enforcement. anything we pass are, we will have to have him sign it. that s the only partner at the end of the day that will matter. the lesson i referred to in 2015 was more than just border security first. it was a step-by-step approach versus a comprehensive one, would you try to do all these things together. you are only talking about five things and they can t put it together. that s what i long believe you start with s