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Congress, wasnt going to build the fence. i would trust my friend steve king over all of the love and affection flowing from democrats, trying to help the republican party, but the fact is, we love this country and know we need a secure border. the president can do it right now, and we are going to past one bill now and says resolve, the house will do nothing in the president finally secured the border, as verified by homeland security. wouldnt trust them now either, but by the four border gover...

We did our own poll in which we asked americans what should the main focus of u.s. immigration policy be? take a look at this, border security first by an almost 2-to-1 margin there. you see particularly for republicans, you have to say, look, first things first. were going to secure the border and then were going to talk about the path to citizenship, even though, by the way, the path to citizenship is 13 years long itself. but you have to get over this hump and convince people. and its difficu...

>> sean: a double standard. we just had marco rubio on the program, conservatives including myself looked at this bill. we all have given it time to develop. i dont see the border security first. all of us have said this from the beginning. now im told -- i spoke to a number of people in washington before i came on the show tonight. the announcement tomorrow is doubling of agents, the building and completion of the fence, 700 plus miles, the technology, all of it, e-verify, entry, exit, there wi...

The transparency. >> sean: a double standard. we just had marco rubio on the program, conservatives including myself looked at this bill. we all have given it time to develop. i dont see the border security first. all of us have said this from the beginning. now im told -- i spoke to a number of people in washington before i came on the show tonight. the announcement tomorrow is doubling of agents, the building and completion of the fence, 700 plus miles, the technology, all of it, e-verify, ent...

Theyre concerned about people here illegally and theyre trying to get them on a path to legality, and its a wonderfully worthwhile purpose. but are they also supportive, as you see it, is the bill supportive of the other side of the equation, stopping the problem from getting worse? >> absolutely. we put a $3.2 billion high-tech strategic plan right in the legislation. that must be deployed. that must be operational on the border in addition to 20,000 additional border patrol agents, 700 miles o...

A green card. and so this is about border security first, which is why it should bring people together to -- its what the american people want, and we should get a bipartisan vote to pass the legislation. >> so youre running a construction company braps up in north dakota, perhaps down near the border around arizona. you have 25 people you have working for you, and a new guy comes looking for a job and you suspect hes probably from across the border or he comes from a background you think might ...

What are your thoughts on marco rubio saying that first? >> i dont think border security is the be all and end all. i think it has been sured up tremendously. i think you are missing understanding what marco rubio said. he said this is part of a larger deal and he wants the big deal to move forward. rand paul and people, scott walker in wisconsin they are all now i think this is described as a new generation of republicans who are looking for a way to make this happen rather than finding ways to...

What are your thoughts on marco rubio saying that first? >> i dont think border security is the be all and end all. i think it has been sured up tremendously. i think you are missing understanding what marco rubio said. he said this is part of a larger deal and he wants the big deal to move forward. rand paul and people, scott walker in wisconsin they are all now i think this is described as a new generation of republicans who are looking for a way to make this happen rather than finding ways to...

Corner with waning vote from lae la tee knows. is that the way to go? >> there is some speculation that democrats and the president dont really want immigration to pass, that they want to put republicans on the record for opposing comprehensive immigration reform so it would hurt them with latino voters. but looking at the border security element, its a big debate. there are some that say if you have instant legalization as this comprehensive bill proposes that you will never get the border secu...

Cornyn said he is looking forward to reading it but is not endorsing it just yet. >> doug thornell and former senate republican conference chief of staff ron bonje. thanks for joining us. >> good to see you. >> any major impediments to the gang of eight plan. looks like it is moving forward. >> what worries me is that the devil is in the detail. we dont have legislative detail that the 92 other senators need to see before this can go anywhere. i commend senator marco rubio forgetting out there a...