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Well-worn words. >> give me your tired and your poor, your huddled masses yearning to be free. >> reporter: that stanza reads give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. losing an american classic in translation might be easily overlooked if the white house election year immigration push contained more specifics but as the debate rages over border patrol, other key immigration details are few and far between. mr. obamas speech for example didnt mention guest work...

>> ship it around the ocean. >> bill: maybe. it takes the pressure off the people living in arizona border counties in tucson, know gal less, places like this. which is really what the immediate need is. im using my power as the president of the united states to basically make the border fence being built faster, and then back up the border patrol with the guard. now, as a libertarian, do you object to that? would you object to me doing that? >> yes. on several grounds. first of all, its a huge ...

There. >> ship it around the ocean. >> bill: maybe. it takes the pressure off the people living in arizona border counties in tucson, know gal less, places like this. which is really what the immediate need is. im using my power as the president of the united states to basically make the border fence being built faster, and then back up the border patrol with the guard. now, as a libertarian, do you object to that? would you object to me doing that? >> yes. on several grounds. first of all, its ...

>> ship it around the ocean. >> bill: maybe. it takes the pressure off the people living in arizona border counties in tucson, know gal less, places like this. which is really what the immediate need is. im using my power as the president of the united states to basically make the border fence being built faster, and then back up the border patrol with the guard. now, as a libertarian, do you object to that? would you object to me doing that? >> yes. on several grounds. first of all, its a huge ...

Support in the country and polling despite intense criticism. on the other hand, chris, theres also substantial and equal majority support for the idea there has to be a comprehensive solution to immigration that includes a guest worker program and includes some kind of pathway to citizenship for people who are here illegally rather than the idea of mass deportation. that also polls at around 60% or above and has for a number of years. >> but one is real. the arizona law exists, this notion of a...

Because they say nothing. you dont have to pay them extra for overtime. theres an incentive there we got to get rid of that. its part of a system we all want more immigration in the country. i know everybody on the panel is for that. i just think we got to be fair to these folks. its the american -- thats the american thing to do. >> steve? >> but youre not really solving the problem. >> hold on a sudden, victoria. go aide. >> dont reward bad behavior. if we need labor, you have a guest worker p...

To take seriously the challenges with we are faced with. you didnt have under republicans, any real effort to control the border. and you dont have under democrats any real effort to control the border. arizona is telling us is this problem is now serious enough that we need to confront it, deal with it. i would hope as a rare break from his normal practice that the president will be willing to be genuinely bipartisan and insist on listening to everybody but hammer out a bill. which means the la...

Problem. >> sean: we to pick up this next time. tell opie your buddy whats up he wont show up. see you tomorrow night. >> greta: tonight former speak of the house newt gingrich right here and right now. good evening mr. speaker. >> good evening. >> greta: let me start down in arizona with immigration. what would you do? >> i would pass a comprehensive national immigration bill. i would control the border. i would make english the official language of government. i would make very clear we were p...

To take seriously the challenges with we are faced with. you didnt have under republicans, any real effort to control the border. and you dont have under democrats any real effort to control the border. arizona is telling us is this problem is now serious enough that we need to confront it, deal with it. i would hope as a rare break from his normal practice that the president will be willing to be genuinely bipartisan and insist on listening to everybody but hammer out a bill. which means the la...

Complaints. you are always going to get complaints. >> we just talked about the state law. youve heard the conversation here in washington in recent days. the senate democrats came forward with a proposal, the president has said if congress has the appetite, hed like to see a debate about what they call comprehensive immigration reform. they spent a lot of time talking about beefing up border security then they talk about a guest worker program and some path to citizenship -- legal status, excus...