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Which govern targeted killings because targeting an american citizen for death without judicial due process is a real departure, even from what we saw under the bush administration. jenna: big story for us today, catherine. thank you. >> reporter: youre welcome. jon: right now high stakes negotiations underway in washington of the president obama sitting down with top business and union leaders to talk about immigration reform and a possible guest worker program. meantime down the street on capi...

Same audience theyre trying to endear themselves to? >> and that is going to be the key to whether or not they can move forward in this, but not being scathed by democrats. i mean, democrats are in a good position here because theyre on the right side of the wedge issue of immigration right now for our team. from my conversation with a lot of folks close to the gop leadership, the big fear about this is, all right, we believe we have enough people that are going to modernize and be accepting of ...

Border, border security first before these other provisions ca kick in and there ought to be verifiable metrics about what constitutes operational control. the president did not have a similar emphasis. the question is are we going to have border security first. second the gang of 8 democrat and republican said we are in favor of robust worker programs. president obamas remarks in las vegas did not mention the guest worker program at all. in 2007 he voted for the union backed amendments to get t...

Hispanic voters will never voted entirely for the republican party. they need them all. they need them back above 40% which is the number george w. bush, not 25%. >> paul: where could this break down? >> i think marco rubio and the bipartisan group out of the senate gave a lot of ground with the guest worker program. in terms, legalization the path to citizenship. under the bipartisan plan, these folks will get probationary status right away. the whole disagreement is how they get from there. >>...

Path to citizenship . if you have strict border inforcement. >> and do you think we are going to see the presidents way move forward first? >> i think that the two work in standum. a guest worker program acleaviates pressure on the border and frys up the border patrol to focus on real threats and overwhelming majorit i is migrants who would use the front door and that will free them up to chase down people who sneak in drug dealers and potential terrorist and so forth . the two work in standum. ...

Hispanic voters will never voted entirely for the republican party. they need them all. they need them back above 40% which is the number george w. bush, not 25%. >> paul: where could this break down? >> i think marco rubio and the bipartisan group out of the senate gave a lot of ground with the guest worker program. in terms, legalization the path to citizenship. under the bipartisan plan, these folks will get probationary status right away. the whole disagreement is how they get from there. >>...

From their labor, and then they never have the pathway to citizenship. i come from a state where immigrants and minorities, particularly african americans, built las vegas. they built our hospitality industry. they built our construction sector. and why would you allow individuals to come and help you build your economy and then not give them a pathway to citizenship. >> heres the argument i would make. were talking about a guest worker program. again, im not -- im sort of playing devils advocat...

Country you want to go work in. that makes me wonder, are we -- what ruben just said, are we afraid to advocate the logical conclusion, which is something that actually does look like open borders? is that the solution and everyone is just essentially too scared to say that because it would be politically toxic? you, congressman, can i get you on the record for open borders? >> i think one day were going to have a mexican president who says to washington, president obama, bring down this wall. t...

Comprehensive immigration reform. the lead individual is out of los angeles, whos been phenomenal talking about civil rights, legal protections, making sure we dont abuse workers who are here, dont displace workers also. but also make sure the ones who are here who are undocumented have a clear pathway and its legitimate and employers are held and accountable to that. >> most americans dont understand and dont have a recollection about what the program created. >> explain that. >> it was a guest...

I fully expect it to pass after much hand wringing and what not. but from a conservative perspective, what they see is 11 million people eventually becoming citizens, and then the magnet is still there. were going to have more people, and like simpson-mazzoli we had in the past, where we legalized 3 million people. >> the 1987 amnesty bill. >> exactly. it doesnt stop. we have more people coming. one of the solutions in texas is we need to have a guest worker program. we need to have a way to dea...