immigrants living illegal in the united states. of course that is an approximation. these five requirements are as follows. full implementation of a e-verify system. full implementation of entry and exit tracking system for visitors to the united states. building of additional 350 miles of the southern border fence. that would bring the total of number of miles for fencing to 700. new technological infrastructure installed along the border as well for security. here s the final one. the hiring, training, and deploying of an additional 20,000 border agents. they re calling this the border surge in certain reports but, this amendment already is facing some opposition. senator ted cruz of texas promising to vote against it. take a listen. washington is very, very good at kibuki theater. a great many things in this town are stage managed. from the outset in my opinion it was clear that the managers of this bill
the government will do its part. that s why we have to by saying no one will become a legal permanent resident unless all of these things, the agents, the fence, the entry/exit tracking system, unless all five happen, no one can become a legal permanent resident. i know you have to get to a vote one last question, in all candor, how much of your personal credibility and viability is on the line here? nobody talks about this without talking about marco rubio in the same breath. i obviously have not analyzed it that way. come on. no. the easiest thing to do politically is not deal with the issue. give a couple speeches and not play and get involved in solving it. this is hurting our country badly. i have studied this issue for two years and i know we have to solve it. if we don t solve this issue, illegal immigrants are still going to be here illegally, people will continue to come in, people will continue to overstay their visas. and our broken immigration system will stay in pl
investing resouerss and securing our border that have never been invested before. republican senator bob corker sblo dusing a new border enforcement amendment that some say will win another dozen or so gop votes for immigration reform. bill crystal of the weekly standard, keirsten powers from the daily beast website, and syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. let s look at the new border enforcement amendment to the comprehensive immigration reform plan. let s put it up on the screen. it would deploy 20,000 new border agents, doubling the current force, complete 700 miles of fencing as well as new technological measures like night vision and ground sensors, full implementation of e verify for employers, and an entry/exit tracking system from visitors. the question, bill, is, is that enough to satisfy the concerns of a number of republicans so they end up not with 51 votes or 61 votes but maybe 70 or plus
now, republican senator marco rubio, a key player in all of these negotiations back in washington today said not so fast. he noted that the president is going to have to show to get conservative support for this reform bill that he is serious about border security. rubio, in fact, earlier this week told our own greta van susteren that he has already given on a path to citizenship. he needs to see the president step up on border security. take a listen. that s a major concession. in return, however, what we expect is to modernize our legal immigration system to have in place everify and entry/exit tracking system. a $.5 billion in border security in addition to what already is being spent. the bottom line is the president tonight here in mexico city says he is optimistic. republicans back on capitol hill say they they are still a long way to go to a deal but when you talk to a white house aides in private they are still confident by the end of the summer, that s the deadline the p
we don t know. but these are exposing flaws we strengthen anything to n immigration to deal with this, it s smart. time is not on immigration bill side. that is clear. we need the bill done by the end of the year. to but you need to convince those who want to get it right they need to be con vised it those be done correctly heather: going back to student visa issue. 9/11 attackers with or student vis sas. they overstayed the student visas. also talking about the entry/exit tracking system that he is calling for. both of those issues would relate to what happened in boston. i think what is clear is immigration reform is going to be the best thing that helps our national security. if this is any indicator. so, you know, we have people like mccain and lindsey graham and paul ryan all