i did not see this one coming and it does seem to be distracting democrats away from a subject that was working well for them, that is the separation of immigrant families taking place. is this the right policy that democrats should be focusing on? it seems not because president trump easily turn the subject from separation of families to his controversy to making the reorganization or abolishment of i.c.e. which turns the matter into security and this old charge that always gets leveled against democrats, not true that they are weak on crime. so as a matter of strategy, some democratic leaders think this is not the way to go just like calling for the impeachment of trump is not the way to go. you know, the issue with government are the people who run government, the policies, the priorities and the laws. i.c.e. doesn t seem to me the issue. you re always going to have some immigration authority so i think, martin, it s an
the house that are swing seats. democrats have to win 2/3 of that to win the majority. i think the reality is that if it s something he feels very positive about i think he does it very well. maria: for a little while, immigration, people were worried about the families getting separated from their children but he did move quickly on that. look, that was a mistake he made maria: the agencies weren t ready for the zero-tolerance policy? yeah, however, he s right on immigration. when you talk about doing away with i.c.e., ed and i were talking earlier in the program, the numbers are incredible. by the way, i.c.e. doesn t make the policy. if you are going to blame the internal revenue service for policy and laws that they implement? maria: even kristen gillibrand said let s abolish i.c.e. that s ridiculous. 5,000 criminals from new york in the past year have been
that they wanted to make the case that their caucus is focused more on changing overall immigration policy, changing the laws themselves rather than focus on trying to retool reinvent or reform or abolish the agency that is responsible for enforcing immigration policy. additionally, a point that the congressional hispanic caucus made on the talking points is that ice doesn t just do immigration enforcement. it also does lots of international crime, it deals with child trafficking and cybersecurity matters. so within the agency, we focus primarily on the immigration enforcement. that s what is drawing the most attention and changed the most under thissed administration. it does a lot more than just immigration enforcement. that is something that the congression congressional hispanic caucus is focused on. are the president s really welcoming that and trying to seize that for their own political positions?
president trump is making nice with putin. it doesn t even make sense. it s not appropriate conduct. jason: one other breaking nes really troubling is that now we learned today that we are expelling russian formats but actually trump has said it s okay for them to come back. he s expelling visa 60 come about 60 more can come back. it s not even a punishment. he said nothing to push back. yes, that is the news today, jason. jason: one good thing i can tell you, the ambassador, u.s. ambassador to russia is jon huntsman, i served as his chief of staff and i do think we are in good hands here. i think both sides of the aisle would agree that they picked the right ambassador in russia. i i think you both for the biggt debate. i m sure there will be more to discuss about it. the pc police have a brand-new target. we ll tell you which party parr history they are now seeking to erase. coming up next.
because he doesn t have the votes on his own side. let him filibuster, call the bluff, draw the line in the san sand. jason: let me answer that question. the reason you need democrats is because you need 60 votes in the senate. the authorization to build the wall is there, but hold on. the funding because both parties don t know how to remove the politics from doing their job, just like sheriffs. you guys are all focused on yosemite sam in arizona. you guys need to get on the ball. border patrol doesn t need help. i.c.e. doesn t need help. we need the laws to be changed. daca has nothing to do with all of these folks. fees are 800, 900 jason: wait a second. it s a nightmare it! they have never been to any of the countries other than america and they are talking about a caravan jason: hold on. time out! are we funding them?