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I mean unlike six years ago the last time they did immigration reform, it died under a lot of opposition from the right and some from the left, too, from labor unions. they didnt like the guest worker program in that by but particularly among folks who believe it was given amnesty, providing a path way citizenship for those folks. this time around theres more division within the republican base. theres folks who believe they handled the issue wrong the last time around, they saw the elections. t...

To citizenship and it includes a slew of border security requirements and electronic employment verification program and a new guest worker program. and while the bill has strong bipartisan support in the senate and endorsements from business and labor, not everyone is on board. on abc yesterday, republican senator jeff sessions expressed his concerns that the whole amnesty thing doesnt seem to be going away. >> i really respect the work of the gang of eight. but they have produced a legislation...

>> we keep talking about the path to citizenship. i dont think at the end thats going to be the main sticking point. >> what do you believe could derail it? >> the problem is that only the right and the left are democrats willing to accept a larger guest worker program because the one proposed by the gang of eight, its small. >> you think its a little too narrow? >> exactly. so those republican that say respond to labor, will they be willing to negotiate and give up, be able to support a guest w...

Florida senator marco rubio ileading the pr push for conservatives, working to get as many republicans on board as possible. >> we have ian illegal immigration system that does not. it does not reflect the economic needs of this country in the 21st century. it needs to be modernize and our agreement will do that. it will modernize the system in a way that is more merit based, jobs based and less based on whether you know someone that already lives here. >> he said reform is politically beneficia...

That pathway to citizenship and word amnesty that comes up a lot. as we look at deal points for the bill, the bipartisan bill and what we know so far, permanent legal status. pathway to citizenship. increase in high skilled voter visas. the guest worker program. as robert points out, is the biggest concern perception being reality about the pathway to citizenship not being amnesty? >> well, the thing thats going to happen here is that we are finally going to be able to separate between those try...

Commote this week and talk about the economic benefits, increases in growth, wages. and so there are -- i think a lot of reasons why this will get done in the senate. nye concern is -- my concern is in the house because im not sure that house republicans want to get this done. >> one of the benefits of hiring illegals is cheap labor. they can pay less than what it would cost american labor to work here. people living here illegally would get green cards in ten years but omero if employers adopte...

Positionings. >> i remember in 2007, i travel with then senator obama running for president. we did town hall meeting after town hall meeting in iowa. every single day, these are iowa caucus-goers, a subset of democratic primary voters, somebody would raise their hand and say why are you for amnesty? you realize there is that guest worker program over there where, you know, somebody who is feeling pinched in this economy says theres a bill in congress to give somebody the job i would really like...

Is that it will cost too much. im hearing that from people on the right and people on the left. jim demint, former senator came out and said he is whole thing is too expensive to secure the bored e that may be a way to try to torpedo immigration policy if he doesnt like the whole thing. also on the left, same thing, oh, would be way too expensive to do that. >> what is it worth to secure a lot of that border for me? we spent 18 billion since 2006. well spend a lot more money and spend it wisely....

To make sure that their border security provisions are as tough as they can make them and still have democrats agree. rick: lindsey graham, one of the leading republicans in the senate whos been talking in favor of comprehensive immigration reform, he was on fox news channel earlier today, lets take a listen to what he said. >> its about controlling jobs, controlling the border, having a guest worker program so you can access legal work, a legal work force when you cant find people here to do a ...

Strengthen border security, create a new guest worker program and a path to citizenship. just like six years ago, critics are trying to derail it saying reform will hurt the economy more than help it. our friend howard fineman is back. how are you doing? >> hi, good. >> i want to start with the budget which well hear more about tomorrow. but the thing keeps moving to the right. even coming out of the white house as you know. robert greenstein from the center for budget of policy priorities had a...