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Gang of eight in the senate have been busy transforming an agreement on principles into actual legislative language. there was some hope a bill talk about introduced to members of the senate judiciary committee this week. timing of moving forward is not as precise. >> were hoping to get this thing done in the next couple of weeks. its the guest worker program. high-skill and low-skill labor. how can you access it in an affordable fashion when you cant find an american worker? >> i spoke to linds...

Bipartisan agreement among the eight of us on comprehensive immigration reform by the end of this week. >> weve got an agreement between labor and business about the guest worker program, but were revisiting that and were hoping to get this thung doneinn the next couple weeks. >> week, couple weeks. theyre on the same pagish. mccain responded to conservative criticism that democrats are rushing a bill through without naming names. >> some are saying, wow, were not having enough hearings. look, f...

Worker program and immigration system to replace the broken one and we gain our sovereignty back, securing our borders and having control of jobs. marco will be there. if we get the 11 million on our side it puts the pressure on the democrats to come up with a workable guest worker program. marco has been indispensable. >> one more political question before you go, and that is -- before i do that, let me get governor richardsons take on this, on the immigration fight, where you think its going? ...

Democrats will embrace a guest worker program and immigration system to replace the broken one and we gain our sovereignty back, securing our borders and having control of jobs. marco will be there. if we get the 11 million on our side it puts the pressure on the democrats to come up with a workable guest worker program. marco has been indispensable. >> one more political question before you go, and that is -- before i do that, let me get governor richardsons take on this, on the immigration fig...

Nobody is going to adjust the age for retirement if the president doesnt embrace it. nobody is going to adjust cpi if the president doesnt embrace it, so hes showing some signs of leadership thats been lacking. im encouraged and that puts the burden on us to do the same thing. i think we will. >> on immigration, what stands in the way of a deal? >> we have an agreement between labor and business about the guest worker program, but were revisiting that. were hoping to get this thing done in the n...

Leadership, no democrat will get to his right. nobody is going to adjust the age for retirement if the president doesnt embrace it. nobody is going to adjust cpi if the president doesnt embrace it, so hes showing some signs of leadership thats been lacking. im encouraged and that puts the burden on us to do the same thing. i think we will. >> on immigration, what stands in the way of a deal? >> we have an agreement between labor and business about the guest worker program, but were revisiting th...

Trillion over a window -- >> what the president is talking about in your view substantial? >> this is a step in the right direction, but harmonizing the age for retirement, means testing both programs, cpi adjustments gets you pretty much where you need to go. >> the republican leader of the senate there yet? >> well, i can tell you this, that the republican party would benefit as well as the democratic party from saving the american economy from becoming greece. if the president will lead on th...

When you cant find a reasonable worker. if were reasonable with 11 million, if we give them a pathway to citizenship thats earned and hard and fair, get in the back of the line, pay taxes, then the democratic party has to give us the guest worker program to help our economy. thats what were arguing over. >> will marco rubio be there for you? >> marco rubio has been a game-changer in my party. he will be there only if the democrats will embrace a guest worker program and immigration system to rep...

It also has realistic measures for the number of guest workers needed to fuel the u.s. economy. the new bipartisan immigration bill will include a new visa for temporary year round low skilled foreign born workers. but the program will be capped at 200,000 per year and be subject to unemployment, job openings and employer demand, and not everyone is happy with the formula. five different contracting associations signed a statement this week that said a guest worker program that fails to provide ...

Have a choice. of either going back home or becoming undocumented. those two conditions render these guest worker programs terrible. >> this is the thing. people do come and make lives. we were just looking at the number of people in the country in a status we call illegal or undocumented. 50% of them are people who have overstayed their visas. they initially cross the borders in a status of legal or undocumented. but they overstay so does that help to address that? >> well, thanks, melissa. for...