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Example? would you be willing to go to a merritt-based immigration system? >> jake, i held my nose and very reluctantly voted for some money for a border wall. thats what we voted for. we couldnt get even that legislation passed, because it protected the young people in daca, we had minimal amount of republican support. but let us be very clear. what the president is now trying to do is to divide the american people up, whether it is in this case immigration, whether it is the needs of african-a...

But the daca program. >> we had a bipartisan bill and there is a procedure called discharge petition. we got -- >> discharge petition forces the bill on to the floor. >> 216 votes. we needed two more republicans. this was bipartisan, an agreement with democrats and republicans and paul ryan would not allow the two -- >> i think the bill that eventually is the right way to go is what we had under president bush. the big sticking issue was path to citizenship. so democrats want a path to citizensh...

>> he did not create dreamers. he created the daca -- >> because he couldnt pass -- >> he couldnt have done that. >> we had a bipartisan bill, and you know, theres a procedure called a discharge petition. and we got and we need -- >> just to explain, the discharge petition forces the bill. >> on to the floor. 216 votes. we needed two more republicans. this was bipartisan and it was an agreement upon -- with democrats and republicans, and paul ryan would not allow the two -- >> will they let that...

The last bill we had that didnt pass was 700 pages. >> i worked on comprehensive immigration. >> this will be the last two presidents, your former boss, george w. bush, and barack obama, both were willing to make compromise and embrace immigration reform and could not get it through congress because of the hard liners in the house republican party. is it not possible that in the way that only nixon could go to china, that only trump could actually get those to come along. >> let me say this. bot...

This is in conflict with the idea donald trump ran on that we should have a secure border and he is meeting with republican gop. fixing daca is part of that but he wants to end chain migration and the visa lottery program and fund the border wall. rob: what is the incarceration rate of average american citizens? >> if you look at the numbers when it comes to americans in this country, 13% of daca recipients, one in 3 for american citizens, triple the number of daca recipients, you have a blindfo...

Can add to daca, you are the reporting, the big mistake they could be making and what really needs to be done to solve the countrys immigration crisis. richard fowler is a syndicated radio host and fox news contributor. joined also by fox news contributor lisa boothe. night.to see both ofou >> hi, shannon. >> good toe here. >> shannon: lets play more about what i.c.e. director tom homan said afraid at the event at the center for immigration studies about fixing daca. >> if you want to do a fix o...

Conversations with the republican leader over the weekend about a path forward. after several discussions, offers, counteroffers, the republican leader and i have come to an arrangement. we will vote today to reopen the government to continue negotiating a global agreement with the commitment that if an agreement isnt reached by february the 8th, the senate will immediately proceed to consideration of legislation dealing with daca. the process will be neutral and fair to all sides. we expect tha...

The gracious approval of the majority leader. >> is there objection? without objection. >> mr. president, let me thank you very much and thank the majority leader for this opportunity. and let me thank my friend, my colleague, and our leader on the democratic side for his passionate personal commitment to this issue involving the dreamers and daca. he has been by my side, and ive been inspired by his leadership from the start. and let me thank my colleagues. so many of you cast a vote that was v...

This done. whether we can return to regular order on the floor and constructively have a debate. for some of you, it will be the first time youve ever seen it, but believe me, its worth the price of admission. all it took for you to come to the united states senate. so now we have to stand together. my last word is this. we have gathered the largest bipartisan group of senators to ever committing to move forward on the dreamers act. we have a process. i want to thank senator mcconnell for explic...

A deal, we dont know if it could get through the house. we dont know the timetable in the senate. we dont even know what the final product will be in the senate. is that enough for democrats to reopen the government based on what you were saying earlier? >> the more progressive side of the party, bernie sanders, et cetera, theyre not going to be happy until they get daca passed into law. all these commitments are risky on the part of chuck schumer and the moderates. if the moderates are facing r...