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Lets start back philosophically because youre running for commander-in-chief, do you think it is the job of the federal government to enforce borders and make sure that everyone in the country is here legally? >> absolutely, jake. and if were going to have a serious conversation in this country about how to do it, then lets do comprehensive immigration reform and a path to citizenship for the 11 or 12 million people here. and by the way, jake, for decades, this is the greatest dont ask and dont ...

Were. we got this done. >> all right. lets turn to those immigration raids which are coming this morning. youve slammed as reckless, a political weapon. lets start back philosophically because youre running for commander in chief. do you think its the job of the federal government to enforce its borders and make sure everyone in the country is here legally? >> absolutely, jake. if were really going to have a serious conversation in this country about how to do it, lets do comprehensive immigrati...

Tolerance. >> okay. >> on your very fair question first of all i say abolish i.c.e. but we still need border security of course. we still need a process. we should have comprehensive immigration reform, a guest worker program. we need it in america. all of the things that fuel our economy we dont have enough working people to do in so many cases. ive been in iowa a lot. crops are going unpicked. that is just a reality. why dont we stop this dont ask dont tell that has been immigration in america...

Actually going to have a new section of border wall constructed on his property, but in addition to that, they would like to see more border patrol agents on the ground, more technology assisting those agents, and right now his big concern is that there are several border patrol agents that are being diverted to other areas to assist with processing because they have seen a record number of migrants crossing the border this year. one more thing, alex, that i did want to add, they are not against...

Walk the streets. donald trumps not with them when theyre out there on their own. >> when theyre doing those town halls. >> i think theyre mad about it. you go to a town hall, i think people are going to yell at them. theyre yelling at them about the environment, i know thats true and they dont like these tariffs. one other thing, don, we better stop the war on children coming into this country. cbs did extensive reporting on a facility for children in homestead. i could not read it the first ti...

Children that come into this country that is not america. that is not the spirit of what we did on d-day. its wrong. and if you want to fix this problem how about some comprehensive immigration reform, a guest worker program and how about helping all those countries where people are in trouble physically being threatened, help them out there to stop this so they dont have to leave their country. >> i take your point in that. i want to talk about tariffs. i dont know if you saw this. one of presi...

Podcast here with us. youre a fiscal conservative. what do you think about her idea? >> pretty good idea. the idea of the fact that were coming illegally but put benefits on top of taking care of status. if she feels this way, they should have a guest worker program and proper benefits and proper legal safety against all sorts of abuses. but the fed let them stay illegal. doesnt make sense. >> what about this fiscal integrity of the social security system? >> for sure. thats a big problem to beg...

Maybe we ought to fix our immigration system and control the border in the appropriate way and create a guest worker program and do the things necessary to for lessen peoples fear. >> you were on the stage when he promised that wall of mexico. >> cant make it up. >> what tdid you think of that? >> theres places where it works and places it doesnt. the boarder patrol dealing with immigrants is visa over stayers. this isnt about politics. this is about wedge issues on both sides now. its a missed ...

No background checks on anybody. its ludicrous. i dont know why either side would want that. we should have organized immigration, legal immigration, we should expend our guest worker program and the people that want to come up here and better their lives im for them. we need to make that opportunity available but do it legally and we need to know who is here and keep the riff-raff out. >> sandra: we know along with senator ted cruz youll be joining the president down there in el paso, texas. we...

Never just proposed a wall. he says as part of a bigger package of border security, i need components of a wall because i think that is critical. you may not agree with that. >> no, no. im just -- he is insisting on a wall because that was a promise he made in the campaign. >> you were governor. when you ran on something and you made a central point. >> border security was my promise. >> i feel like im back in the debates. >> getting left out. >> what about a bigger issue. like comprehensive imm...