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Have to crack down on businesses who hire illegals. >> thats right. that is a key --. bill: why has either washington or at the state level, why have they been so reluctant to do that. >> this is the big tradeoff between the business community and enforcement advocates for many years. they wanted access to a legal workforce. so they have included in this legislation it appears a first, large guest worker program so employers have the ability to hire people but employers have been revery luck tan...

>> i have legislation. >> bipartisan omit mix about one of the most polarizing issues, immigration reform. >> i think we have a deal. >> every major policy issue has been resolved. >> senate negotiators had already come together on some of the biggest flash points, a 13-year earned path to citizenship allowed only after specific border security measures are enacted and an employment verification system. the last piece of the complex puzzle is now in place. a low-skilled guest worker program that...

Is keeping in mind democrats because they are backed by big labor, the afl-cio, they want to make sure if there is a guest worker program where they allow in, say, 20,000 low level immigrants to do various lower down the food chain kinds of job, landscaping, picking fruit and stuff like that, the afl-cio would like to see as small a number as possible. meanwhile, republicans for the most part, and the business community would like to see more because the cheaper labor helps business. >> gretchen...

Bipartisan group in the houseworking on immigration reform. im told theyre make progress. im told there not as far along as the senate group. jenna. jenna: mike, thank you. jon: were joined by byron york, he is chief political correspondent for the "washington examiner" and a fox news contributor as well. byron, maybe break it down for us. we have the bipartisan group of eight senators. what does each party really want out of this legislation most? >> democrats have been in favor of immigration ...

To have a deal between business and labor but they acknowledge the measure still needs to be written. but they do believe this is the year for achieving bipartisan legislation on immigration reform. some senators working on immigration reform say they are still trying to reach a deal on three main goals: a verifiable guest worker program for employers, merit-based immigration system meaning the 11 million illegal immigrants here must earn their citizenship, and securing the borders. a deal last ...

Compromise apparently between business and labor groups over a guest worker program. we keep on saying apparently, tentatively and all of that because you never know. chief congressional correspondent mike elan manual is live in washington this morning. mike, how close are they really to a deal? house majority leader steny hoyer >> reporter: jenna im hearing they are close. senator marco rubio, republican of florida says he is encouraged. the final product will have to be properly submitted for ...

Vice versa. >> angela rye, political principal of impact strategies and nia-malika henderson, reporter for the "washington post." nia-malika, i go away and take my daughter on a college tour, democrats, republicans, business, labor, believe there may be a deal for comprehensive immigration reform on the table. do you think its time to put the champagne on ice? >> maybe you should go away more often. >> thank you. >> and things like this will happen. >> yes. >> much more often. you know, this is ...

Agreement but then i have to sell it to all these conservatives. not to mention the house which doesnt have an agreement yet. >> and it is interesting. this guest worker program has been the sticking point when immigration reform was brought up in the past. now you have business groups and labor unions if you will, working together. by having the workers in the system. if these groups are involved and we know many times the force is lobbying behind the scenes, why would marco rubio come out and ...

Transfers. nothing were talking about would have prevented newtown from happening. the guy did not fail a background check. >> let me turn you to immigration. we have word that big unions and big business have agreed on a visa plan for these low-skilled, as we call them, workers. the number that can come in, the industries they can come into, how much they can be paid. is that it? have you got a deal now? >> well, i think weve got a deal. weve got to write the legislation, but 2013, i hope, will...

First, and ultimately as their policy and i am not optimistic although it has come time where we need to do immigration refo as jeb bush has himself written in his new book. >>gregg: and his brother tried it back in the second term but it didnt work. >> no, he did try it. president bush did try it and it did fail. the issue that killed it was the issue of the guest worker program and under the new compromise reached between the afl-cio and the chamber of commerce, the leading business group in t...