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Trump administration has a new defense saying the bible justifies this. lets bring in jim jordan. congressman, always a pleasure. well talk about immigration, talk about the ig report. good for you? >> yeah. and first, congratulations on the new show. good to be with you. >> thank you. good to have you as part of the conversation. appreciate you taking the opportunity. whats going on at the border? do you believe this is the right way to enforce the law? >> what i think is we should enforce the ...

Bob goodlet. hes supporting two bills. one is called the compromise bill. i talked with him shortly after the meeting ended. congressman, you were in the meeting with the president tonight. what can you tell us about it? is it clear to you where the president stands? >> yes, the president is very much committed to his four pillars addressing the daca population, making sure that we have a secure border, closing the loopholes that exist when you get across that border, ending the visa lottery and...

About the issue of infrastructure, the need to rebuild the united states. we have $1 trillion plan that involves state and local investment, public/private partnerships, very excited about. we think its something democrats can get behind as well. theres also going to talk about immigration and his plan to move forward on immigration, a permanent solution for the daca population, real border security, ending the visa lottery, reforming the chain migration system. what were doing to keep america s...

Of senators agree on a possible daca deal, but they need to presented to the rest of the senate to see if they have enough votes to pass something. so mark expressing concern about getting a buttoned up by januar. a lot of optimism on capitol hill since president trump conducted his meeting with 20 lawmakers earlier this week trying to get to the bottom of an immigration agreement. including proper border security and enforcement in addition to addressing the young people brought here illegally ...

Ultimately, this deal with daca is one that most people support. many in the main stream. so this isnt just such an easy issue to run away from. we have no idea what the convictions are. so thats another thing that we learned. >> this the gang of six is the group working on the deal. good to see you. >> first question, theres going to be a vote one way or another on immigration in the senate. does the gang of six framework have 60 votes? >> the framework is set by the president. he wants to talk...

That people need to get over it. we are u.s. senators and we are expected to produce a result. check your emotions at the door to solve the problem, the emotions in the daca population im most concerned with, i want to solve the problem. i think we should go to a full open process. you can shed light on what i think are unreasonable positions and of the american people can see that the president is prepared to accept something far less than what some of his advisors want to give him, maybe what ...

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Has said that. we want to find a permanent solution to the daca population, not a continual three-year renewal period. chris: all right, in the short period of time we have left, i want to ask you about some of the issues that are fazing your department. border apprehensions are down 40% in 2017 which some administration officials have called the trump effect, but in december there was a significant increase out of the border caught more than 40,000 people attempting illegal crossings, why has i...

>> as one of my colleagues said it seems a lot of senators know a lot about jell-o but the reality is where weve been in this process is the president put forward his proposal over about 11 months ago, sending it to congress. general kelly went to congress to say heres how we need to solve daca. the daca situation has been unresolved for decades and obama took actions into his own hands with an unconstitutional solution to the problem. we asked congress to fix it and sent our priorities in octob...

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