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Im confused. >> thats a really good question, tucker. the way i look at this, historic precedents are the president that surprise you. president trump as his incredible opportunity to surprise us, he can grow the economy, and fix the immigration system, and be the first president in decades to do so. presidents bush and obama were completely unable to do so. for president trump to lean in on democrats and force them to the table on border security measures, ensuring that daca recipients are pass...

That does include strong border security measures. other issues that are related to loopholes in our system that people are taking advantage of, that continues to incentivize illegal activity. theres a lot of issues that were talking about in this group. right now were continuing to work on it. but weve got to address them as we move forward. people are frustrated that the federal government is not doing what they ask related to securing our border, creating public safety, related to criminal al...

That does include strong border security measures. other issues that are related to loopholes in our system that people are taking advantage of, that continues to incentivize illegal activity. theres a lot of issues that were talking about in this group. right now were continuing to work on it. but weve got to address them as we move forward. people are frustrated that the federal government is not doing what they ask related to securing our border, creating public safety, related to criminal al...

Security. thats a place of bipartisanship i think you can reach. another area is talking about people coming into the country with children in tow. i dont necessarily see these as points you talk about. >> the reason this has great bipartisan support, we are not talking about folks that came to the united states yesterday or folks that made a conscious choice to come and break the law. we are talking about kids who were brought here by their parents. even those who are pretty strong on border se...

U.s. mexico border that he said democrats -- then he said that mexicans would pay for. democrats said theyre open to reasonable border security measures, but they say the president agreed not to include a border wall in a deal on the dreamers. back to john roberts at the white house. john, where are we on this? >> that was the big surprise, when enthe president played out his principles for getting some sort of legislative fix on daca including border wall. i asked that question of sarah huckabe...

They came to the white house and supposedly cut a deal with the white house to move forward on a plan to help the dreamers and make sure that they wouldnt be any real trouble. this is the statement put out today by the two leaders in reaction to what the white house put out tonight. they said, quote, we told the president at our meeting that we were open to reasonable border security measures alongside the dream act, but this list goes so far beyond what is reasonable. this proposal fails to rep...

To back and it certainly isnt going over well among democrats up here on capitol hill. many of the action items demanded by the white house really are deal breakers for many democrats including funding and constructing a border wall, cracking down on sanctuary cities, greater restrictions on illegal immigration and cracking down on unaccompanied minors entering into the u.s. among other items. this list essentially is a nonstarter for many democrats and a point we can say look how far weve come ...

The border wall, action targeting visitors who overstay their visas. also makes it harder for someone here to actually get a pathway to citizenship for their families. >> president trump has announced he plans to end the obama era dreamer program. but gave congress the six-month window to act. democratic house leader nancy pelosi and senate leader chuck schumer reached a tentative framework with the president last month. the democratic staffer says the key to whether that deal survives will be h...

Nearly ten months into the trump administration, no deal on replacing obamacare or tax reform or a deal on so-called dreamers. late sunday, the white house released a list of priorities it wants in exchange for any agreement to protect young, undocumented immigrants. hundreds of thousands of whom could face deportation. the lengthy list there, but on it includes a funding, excuse me, mandatory funding for the border wall. a nonstarter for most democrats. senate and house democratic leaders, chuc...

Nancy had explicitly stated had been ruled out of their initial negotiations at the white house with president trump. they put out a joint statement last night the reads we told the president at our meeting we were open to reasonable border security measures alongside the dream act. this list goes far beyond what is reasonable. the proposal fails to represent any attempt at compromise. but the white house already pushing back. here is what kellyanne conway said moments ago on "fox & friends." >>...