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The sponsor of that program in 2007. hes got a weak record on that and a very weak record on the votes that he cass in 2006 on 2007 on border security issues with regard to comprehensive immigration reform. this is a political move. this is not a policy move. hes not serious about policy, he is just really serious about boosting his chance necessary 2012 and those of his party in 2010. jon: well get to politics in a moment. i want to ask you about the peach that the president gave about this tim...

To put the blame on the government for not securing the border. is this effective? is it working? is the message getting out there? >> i think they are having frou trouble with it. there is a reality that the federal government hasnt addressed border security issues in several years. but the problems i think they are running into is that the public has a firm idea of what at least it believes the law is about. it will be difficult to rebrand that and get it to be a positive thing for them. >> ye...

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Said, wait a second, basically saying to the president, she is laying the trap for you, dont fall for it. we have to do daca and some of the border security issues and then we can do comprehensive reform. to the president clarified near the end of the meeting when he was asked by abc correspondent jonathan karl whether there could be a daca agreement without a agreement to build a border wall. listen to his response. >> is there any agreement without the wall? >> no. >> the wall has to be there?...

Looks forward to hosting prime minister modi in the united states later this year. today the president is focused on fulfilling one of his most significant campaign promises to the american people by making america safe again. by taking steps to secure our borders and improve immigration enforcement inside the united states. the president intends to sign two executive orders after observing the swearing in of secretary of security -- secretary of homeland security kelly. the first order is the b...

Additional effort we put in on the borders, we dont want to make this earned pathway to citizenship a situation in which its put off further and further into the future. there needs to be a certain path for how people can get legal in this country, even as we also work on these strong border security issues. >> you spent last week on the border with some of your members of the gang of eight including jeff flake who will be on the show here in just a minute. this issue of border security and the ...

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