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Money and do not tell me that we do not have the money to enforce our own border. the bipartisan proposal placed new constraints on the department of homeland security that is going to hamper the actual building of the wall. and this really tortures me. the visa lories is going to be temporarily transferred to the immigrants. the standard is lowered for that group. i suggest that the bipartisan group sharpen their pencils and return to the table. this is not going to do it. no way. no how. it is...

Their taxes? in our public school educations where budgets have been slashed, there are no courses in personal finance or tax preparation. these things matter. president trump got elected by exploiting divisions on immigration. since taking office hes pushed that agenda. in the spring he endorsed the raise act. its a bill that would cut legal immigration by half and change the way immigrants are admitted into the country. trump announced the end of daca waivers. now, stephen miller, we havent ...

Illegal laborors take american jobs, we studied this on this show. we studied all the little tour abo literature about it. it doesnt hold water. a kalt yoe study looking at cuban immigration into miami led to net wage increases for native-born american workers. so the idea that immigrants are lowering your wages does not hold water although the administration likes to bring out this largely discredited study done by a guy names borhas. >> president trump likes to bring up himself he hires immigr...

Fast. by 2030, over 20% of our population is going to be over 65 years old. you know what they need? support. >> young workers to pay taxes. >> in order to support you need young and immigrant workers. >> theres something called the worker replacement rate. for every worker that retires, do you have one to replace them? we have a flat worker replacement rate so we cannot do this without immigration. when you talk about gdp increases, which the president likes to talk about, getting us from 2.2% ...

Discussions with farmers and agriculture on the state. we are not on vacation. we really are working. i continue discussions on health care as well as tacks with my colleagues even though were not in washington, d.c. >> lets talk about these farmers. president trump is throwing his weight behind legislation that would cut legal immigration in half over the next decade. you have noted that dairy farmers in the great state of wisconsin rely on immigrant workers as currently written, would you vote...

Agriculture secretary perdue and had some really informative discussions with farmers withal culture interests in the state. were not on vacation. we really are working. again i continue discussions on health care with my colleagues even though were not in d.c. >> lets talk about these farmser. president trump is throwing his weight behind immigration that would cut legal immigration in half over the next decade. you have noted that dairy farmers in the great state of wisconsin rely on immigrant...

Growth. we know that there are already worker short ands in some industries. how is your texas district responding to this plan? >> oh, it would affect us -- it would have a certain effect. we have a lot of agriculture in my district that relies on immigrant workers. and i believe that in texas we hire you know some of the best engineers at our chemical plants that immigrate from across the world all the way down to, you know, local hard working people that are harvesting what we eat every day i...

The debate. let me check in on my twitter and facebook beiges. what do we got, u.s. economic growth is limited by the lack of adequate workforce. u.s. needs new immigrant workers. you know kent morlan, ill say this, i have found that the risk taking amplified by those coming to the country to be here are the same skill sets that make for good entrepreneurs. my belief is that we always need a steady stream of immigration and people need to play by the rules. of wall street and companies raking in...

To get the people contribute the most. i dont like the idea of cutting the immigration numbers, we will need more immigrant workers. >> to fill those jobs, fewer workers means less growth, less productivity and those are numbers this administration is not going to like. the austin -- >> i would -- go ahead. >> the labor force and the fop lation growth in the united states of native-born people here, look exactly like western europe and japan, which is to say were having low birth rates, were hav...

Oversight hearing because the abuses are reprehensible. >>. >> yeah. the other thing that stood out for me, which is again, if you look at kind of political strategy and feeding that base -- and i remind people that i do not represent npr. they distribute my show, but this is me, is the discussion around people of color and them being the primary victims of this notion that immigrants are coming in with green cards, and this whole notion that steve miller has which is where are you coming from. ...