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A green card. and so this is about border security first, which is why it should bring people together to -- its what the american people want, and we should get a bipartisan vote to pass the legislation. >> so youre running a construction company braps up in north dakota, perhaps down near the border around arizona. you have 25 people you have working for you, and a new guy comes looking for a job and you suspect hes probably from across the border or he comes from a background you think might ...

House bipartisan gang of eight. negotiating the compromise in immigration reform. he was talking about the need for bipartisan cooperation. >> my perspective has always been as conservatives we immediate to figure out how to get to, yes. if we believe we have a broken immigration system if we believe that we can fix it, if we believe we can do something about enforcing border security and all of the things we have to do, then we have to figure out what things we are willing to do to get to that,...

We should be doing this because what we have now is bad for are america. >> you mentioned survivors you ply and demand earlier. that is the core of the problem. we have too many immigrants chasing too few visas. i see an attempt to separate, however, the handing out of the guest worker program from the security aspects. im wondering to what extent we put in place a guest worker program we reduce pressure on the border. most people are coming here to work and the homeland security people i have s...

♪ if i gave one to you? ♪ the senate judiciary committee is holding a hearing right now to continue the markup on the gang of eights immigration bill. today theyre focusing on the new guest worker program designed to attract high-tech labor and low skilled workers. republicans are looking to make the legislation friendlier to businesses while democrats are pushing for prolabor amendments to the bill. states are also look agent the rights of low skill workers. new yorks assembly just pass a...

Happens in the house. but like in the senate you have republicans that are important to conservatives that right now are on board with the concept that includes a path to citizenship. i wanted a conservative tea party republican that is part of the gang of eight . bob goodlet that is no squish . what the house is doing they are trying to involve as many members as you can and not ceding it to what ever are the house comes up with. there will be bills that have to do with guest worker program and...

Pena nieto. it is a busy schedule. and kristen, youre traveling with the president in mexico. whats the first thing on their agenda? >> reporter: in addition to everything you talked about, immigration will also be a big topic of conversation with washington, hoping to take on landmark immigration reform. the united states is going to need mexico in a partner for that. the president will likely discuss border security as well as the guest worker program. but behind the scenes, theres a little un...

Today, if you have a close relative in the united states you wait years, maybe even over a decade to come here if you dont have a close relative in the united states, theres no line to get into to come here legally. if you change those incentives, find a path in a reasonable amount of time that would increase border security as well. >> you cant change the reality, which is that we have a cross-border labor market. this has existed for 100 years, when the economy is good here, people come this w...

Additional students who have been arrested and detained. >> from kazakhstan. >> from kazakhstan. and i think we ask our immigration system to do a lot. this is an 844 page bill. lets take a pause and make sure that this bill does keep track of entry and exit. im for comprehensive reform. >> congress has been on a reform since 1986. the idea that a month delay, the only reason to delay this bill is to kill it. period. >> theres so much momentum behind it right now. i know today, they were talking...

This legislation is on track. im very happy because the senators put it forward, put it online. its been online for a week now. going to be online for more weeks before the senate judiciary commit -- committee marks it up and the questions the colonel raised are exactly what it does. the more youve see it, the more you like it. the opposite of obamacare. if youre worried about border secure, worried about economic growth and how bringing in more talented people, more skilled people and having a ...

Found yourself satisfied with the enforcement provision on our borders to make sure they follow up with that because thats where ronald reagan got hood winked in 1986 and later admitted it. so what makes you so convinced theyre going to do that? >> well, two things. the big failure with the 86 package there was no guest worker provisions, and so people just kept coming across the border illegally. of course it was going to fail. this has a more robust guest worker program. not as much as id like...