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Guarantee illegals cant get a green card until the security components are in place. >> this has the most tangible, not subjective, tangible triggers that you can possibly put in place. every american can look at this bill, can look at the implementation and see that tangibly things are in place. >> reporter: the amendment estimated to cost more than $30 billion would build a 700 mile border fence, add new technology, including radar, night vision, drones, implement e-verify so illegals cant fin...

You a robust picture about someones life you wouldnt necessarily consider from each individual point of information. >> reporter: the electronic frontier foundation that got those faa documents through freedom of information act told fox in a statement the fbis, quote, trust is far from sufficient, adding they have no policies that guarantee protection of privacy and civil liberties. >> more on this with the panel. thank you. the old expression about the devil being in the details is playing o...

Proposed there would be a hard trigger meaning results oriented trigger to get a path to citizenship and that was the cornyn amendment. he voted in favor. it was defeated and he may not end up with it which would be a huge defeat. >> thats it for the panel. stay tuned to see how the broadcast of a sports event can go very wrong. [ male announcer ] eligible for medicare?

That we can just relax, go home, take a good nap because weve got an amendment thats going to fix all of the problems in the legislation. >> reporter: texas senator john cornyn expressed frustration after his amendment calling for 5,000 border agents was labeled too expensive. >> i was told we dont need more boots, we need technology. now i find to my shock and amazement, the distinguished senator from arizona says we need 20,000 more border patrol! how much is it going to cost? thats the questi...

Applaud the tireless work that has gone into it and the broader effort. >> reporter: theres a reason a number of democrats will support the amendment, even if security isnt their top priority. the hope is it will lead to immigration reform passing the senate with a strong bipartisan vote, before the fourth of july recess. chris? >> mike emanuel from capitol hill, thanks. you asked for it, weve got it. more on the captain crunch controversy later on the grapevine. up next, is obama care in ne...

That was in the cornyn amendment, and that was a poison pill. you took away that. this is almost overkill, senator corker said that himself, but senator corker is a good man, and i know john hoeven from the time we served as governors together. hes a very good man. i think this bill is necessary. we want the path to citizenship. the only way realistically were going to get the path to citizenship is to agree to a tough border enforcement bill thats practical and workable, and i think weve got it...

The cornyn amendment says the path to citizenship begins when we know that we have 100% awareness of the border and 90% interdiction. it doesnt start otherwise. what this does -- >> not a matter of what resouerss you put in, its the results that you get. >> youve got to mesh sure a that youve actually stopped the river and youve turned it into a trickle. what the argument of the others is in the corker amendment is know thats going to be a goal. a goal is meaningless. its got to to be a guarante...

Particularly early on unattainable or undocumentable. so i think that would have -- that was in the cornyn amendment and that was a poison pill. you took away that. this is almost overkill, senator corker said that himself, but senator cork ser a good man and i know john hoeven from the sim we served as governors together. hes a very good man. i think this bill is necessary. we want the path to citizenship. the only way realistically were going to get the path to citizenship is to agree to a tou...

Hanky-panky in the conference. where its watered down and jammed through the house. this has to be a bill were proud to enforce for the next 50 years. any way, thank you so much for joining us and good luck with it. joining us now is ed rendell, former governor of pennsylvania. governor, it sounds like hes on the right track. it sounds like a tough proposal. im wondering whether the liberal side of this equation will accept what looks to be a darn tough approach to enforcement. >> i think we w...

Provisions on steroids. but it doesnt really impact that pathway to citizenship. >> alan, i want to go back to you. this has gotten a pretty icy reception in the house so far. do you think this gives republicans enough political cover? >> well, as mark was just talking about, one of the things that they are really interested in is requiring that certain measurements of border security are reached before anybody can get on the pathway to citizenship. john cornyn, thats the essence of his amendmen...