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Bumper sticker but the people on the border and the people who are democrats, leading democrats on the border, as progressive as they come have said to come thats not a smart policy and is certainly not smart politics. >> dana: when i look at the list of all the democrats who have said this is a bad idea including the democratic hispanic caucus. this has become a rallying cry for some democrats, and the republican hosting this event at the white house to honor i.c.e. employees. your thoughts? >>...

Election. >> the least we should have is this president should actually answer the questions so the public gets to decide. >> campaign trirkss have to be fully disclosed to the ftc. i know you were at a meeting today with the secretary of homeland security, kirstjen nielsen. she met with the hispanic caucus in the house of representatives. i take it all democrats. how did that go? >> it did not go well. we were hoping it would be ggo better. we were respectful of her time. but he we asked some p...

Of the day. socialism is the order of the day. when you have 40 democrats up there there will be a push to the left and why you see harris and others talking about abolishing ice. crazy thing when theyve arrested 5,000 ms-13 gang members, thousands of pounds of fentanyl. this association should be spektd. >> sandra: how will democrats handle it? >> everyone will speak for themselves and they get on television and say i dont think this is a good idea. it wont be part of the democratic platform. o...

Comment. everything she said they were asking for on top of dna samples and all that. i just got off the phone with a lawyer who specializes in these cases. she says the crux of this is that the children, because they were separated by the government are now considered unaccompanied child migrants. that means you have to go through something called the sponsorship process and prove you are the parent. think about any dad or mom that might have to do that. it can take weeks or months. >> at the e...

Out an agenda this administration feels will be important in the midterms. >> you mentioned immigration and customs enforcement a couple of times there saying its turned into -- being aggressively used by this administration. there are calls from the left, calls now from major democratic politicians to abolish i.c.e. >> yes. >> i understand there may be reluctance within the congressional hispanic caucus. where do you come down on abolishing i.c.e.? yes or no? >> yes. we have reached the point, ...

Going to create massive, massive crime. open borders which equals crime. i think they will never win another lecture. im actually quite happy about it. >> harris: why is this catching fire in the democratic party? >> i think that the presidents premise is ridiculous. you can have the rule of law in this country. i have not heard a single democrat to call for open borders in the policy. it is catching fire because they are seeing what happens when an agency runs amok. 20 agents pen a letter to th...

I.c.e.? >> i think theres other things to do before getting to that point. >> we were talking last hour about a piece in "the daily beast" indicating the hispanic caucus is not in favor of abolishing i.c.e. about the protests, your takeaway of yesterday and from that protest that i mentioned on capitol hill earlier this week. >> my take is that, i mean, i think theres a same fervor among those activists you saw in donald trumps actual campaign to build the wall and, you know, the problem, of cou...

My next guest then brought a pony pinata to the speakers office. she is the chairwoman for the hispanic caucus. burrow or pony. what do you think? >> were going to call it a show pony. it was certainly met to in a lighthearted way push back that these are real processes, were serious about getting a vote in a debate and were seeiorious at winning this issue. 80% of the american people want us to win on a permanent solution for daca and protect dreamers and thats what were going to do. >> so youv...

Suzanne malveaux on capitol hill with where things stand. >> john, still sounding rather confident about this, needing a 218 vote and they need democrats to make that happen. and we are -- we have actually heard from mark med those -- meadows on cnn, the conservatives when they saw the price tag of the budget deal it was eye-popping. that caucus saying, no -- no, they are not going for it. it is interesting to see the numbers paul ryan could come around and whether or not his caucus is more divi...

But when he started talking about african-american unemployment, he was talking about they and how quiet it was. i definitely know he was talking about that group because i watched it. >> rob astorino, are democrats treasonous? >> no. that kind of rhetoric is crazy and its just as crazy for maxine waters to go on her rants half the time talking about the president and hes got to -- weve got to impeach him. none of that is helpful. but i do think a lot of americans were taken aback that on simple...