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Wages and that would be a problem working on its self. as far as political situation i dont think this is a magic pill for republicans i dont think lit of them are fooling them selfs into thinking that. as far as obama wanting to pass it im curious bit. for four years he didnt raise a finger on this and in 2007 he help that had fragile bill at the time. >> bill: right. >> the preacher of the polls he didnt have to run again. fox news poll, 66% of americans, two-thirds support a pathway to citize...

Thats what many businesses need. thats what they want weather get under this immigration reform proposal. that is a plus. >> steve: in fact, in the "wall street journal" today on the op ed page, they are argue in favor of immigration reform provided there is, in addition to a guest worker program, some sort of way so that we can have a better inflow and outflow of workers as the economy needs it. >> whether this helps americas middle class, thats a debatable story because if youve got a lot of n...

Meanwhile we have new numbers what americans think about this immigration reform idea. new "fox news poll". 66% of the those questioned do support a policy that allows a path to citizenship. 17% say illegals must be sent home. they have broken the law. 13% are in favor of a guest worker program. those who support citizenship also believe that individuals should pay their back taxes, learn english, and pass a background check. all of which has been part of john mccains plan for quite some time. b...

Guest worker program or a path to citizenship until we secure the border and that argument has a lot of resonance but we have got to consider the moment that were in. its a fact that this president has committed more resources to the border than any president in american history. in 2004 when president bush was re-elected, there were 10,000 border patrol agents on the border. today there are more than 21,000. there are 652 miles of border barriers, including fencing, along the border. so this pr...

Reform. and dick durbin said weve come together with a gang of eight with a plan for immigration reform and unveiled it yesterday. it seems there is a bipartisan push to get something done this year. >>steve: four republicans and four democrats are behind this. whats interesting is notice on the top shelf, youve got dick durbin. back in 2007 when george w. bush had his proposal to reform immigration with the guest worker program, it was dick durbin and then-senator barack obama who gutted the gu...

Come in to this country? >> it recognizes reality. we have an agricultural industry and a service industry with a tremendous need for this lower skilled labor and right now immigration system is just not set up to have those needs be met. so the problem down the line is that any time you start talking about a guest worker program, its very tricky because theres a great potential for exemployeeation of these workers and then situation of guest workers here and might not want to go back so its a t...

Instead, has always been a real point of contention, they would reduce the overstayed visa, a problem. 40% of the illegal immigrants are overstaying their visas and implement an employee verification system, e-verify, to make sure illegal aliens cant find work. if that happens there would be a guest worker program that would make it possible for immigrants to cross the border and come and take low paying jobs and institute and issue green cards to immigrants who come here with major degrees, tec...

Heads to log vess gag to unveil his own details about immigration proposal. kelly wright has more for us. >> the current immigration system is very old and in many cases critics say very antiquated. top senators from both sides of the aisle are focusing on a bipartisan plan for immigration reform. estimated 11 million people are currently living illegally in the united states as 8 top democrat and republican senators plan to announce this afternoon a proposal to change that. it would include a o...

Are in agreement with the hispanic citizens. but this is a pre-eminent issue with the citizens. >> this contingent first on verifiably securing the border, reducing the visa overstays,er-verify system and ban on illegal ail yeps receiving federal assistance including obamacare. the plan includes guest worker program for lower skilled jobs and green card for immigrants with advanced degrees. harry reid jumped aboard. >> i lo do everything in my power to get a bill across the finish line. >> they ...

Visas for highly skilled immigrants and a guest worker program. joining me to talk about it california democratic representative linda sanchez. congress woman, good to see you. >> thank you for having me. >> you and other members of the caucus met with the president on friday. what did he say to the group? >> first and foremost the thing that was music to our ears is that comprehensive immigration reform is his top legislative priority. we were in agreement that this needs to happen soon. we nee...