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On is trying to reopen the government which is obviously not working because the president and senate controlled by republicans simply do not want to come to an agreement. with this new congress not in their hands in the house. >> lets go back to a point you made. you know how government and how these departments work. we keep hearing more and more about the problems cropping up because of the shutdown. not just the 800,000 people who arent getting paid. so the president insists that all of this...

Strategic locations with surveillance and a dedicated border patrol can be a last line of defense against transnational criminals and the potential for terroristsot to use what is in some places a very porous border. theres other things we need to do. from my experience at the cia, i think we need to get out front of this and work with our mexican partners. we have had some pretty good collaboration with them, we need to hit the cartels pretty hard so we can reduce the drug flow into the united ...

Strategic locations with surveillance and a dedicated border patrol can be a last line of defense against transnational criminals and the potential for trysts to use what is in some places a very porous border. from my experience at the cia, i think we need to get out front of this and work with our mexican partners. we have had some pretty good collaboration with them and hit the cartels pretty hard to reduce the drug flow into the united states. separately, we need everify so illegal aliens ca...

Strategic locations with surveillance and a dedicated border patrol can be a last line of defense against transnational criminals and the potential for trysts to use what is in some places a very porous border. from my experience at the cia, i think we need to get out front of this and work with our mexican partners. we have had some pretty good collaboration with them and hit the cartels pretty hard to reduce the drug flow into the united states. separately, we need everify so illegal aliens ca...

Because enforcement was going to be too much. we needed to put in some sugar into the legislation so to speak. well, it turns out here we are, 2018, and the only thing that we have got is diabetes from all that sugar and we never got the enforcement that we needed. griff: when you looked, what happened? what do you think knees to happen now based on that lesson? >> we need to go right back to the immigration reform act of 1986 and enforce it the everify, for example. mandatory was never done and...

>> im talking about the chain migration where were not necessarily bringing the most qualified competent people -- >> you mean the way the first lady got her parents into the country? >> im not saying that people who followed the laws as they were written did anything wrong. im saying thats not the most strategic economic development path. i know plenty of people who have come here from chain migration. that doesnt mean it was the best choice for the country. >> right. as a policy, what youve do...

Strategic economic development path. i know plenty of people whove come here from chain migration. that doesnt mean it was the best choice for the country. >> right. but as a policy -- what youve done right now is we have a stalemate, right? on the border. you have a flow that the system cant handle. and youre now all caught up in the politics of a wall which is at best one part of a very complex set of solutions. >> no, thats not true. weve tried to pass e-verify. the senate wont take it up. we...

The fact remains that it is true, and it is bad for our country. weve never tried a wall. a lot of republicans are against a wall because they are for a illegal immigration. i get it. i just want to know what the argument against a wall is. all the things we spend money on, why not try the wall? "no, that is immoral," why? >> it is impractical. im not the expert, nor are you, but the people who are say it is impractical. eve verification, getting employers not to hire people who are here illegal...

There are lots of reasons for that but the fact remains that its true and its bad for our country. weve never tried a wall. a lot of republicans are against aa wall because they are for a illegal immigration. because their donors are for it. i get it. i just want to know what thet argument against a wall is. all the things we spend money on, why not try the wall? "no, that is immoral," why? >> im not saying its immoral, im saying its impractical. im not the expert, nor are you, but the people wh...

And it will be fixed forever but they refused to fix it because they love to use it as a political issue. when you have all controls of all power, even the supreme court you can fix this tomorrow. >> that is not true. republicans have 51 seats in the senate. >> in east texas where i am from. >> not enough to pass a bill on immigration. that is not true. democrats have a super majority 2008-2009. >> let him finish. >> the president proposed two immigration bills, and for things like e-verify whic...