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Convention that the president refused to decline and the urban league that no one attempted to attend and the national urban league, its about economics, potentially for urban america and black america. even when they had that meeting, the original meeting. so there was no buy-in for the black or the brown community on this. and i talked to some former labor department personnel from the obama administration. im going to read something to you, chris. it says, while low-skill immigrants compete a...

Flake, who just came out and is bashing his party really needs to step up to the plate. he is not only a libertarian, but he is pro immigration. where are the hearings and the oversight on i.c.e. why isnt jeff flake, lindsey graham, those folks holding oversight hearings 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 distr...

Jonathan swan, national political reporter for axios, megan murphy, editor of bloomberg business week, elise jordan, a "time" columnist and msnbc political analyst. who does this help? >> lets put the facts in context. he can talk all he wants about it advantaging the meramerican worker but all research says it does the opposite. we have a low unemployment rate as it is right now and a slow growth rate. immigration, legal immigration, actualry boosts the american economy, expands the economy, pa...

Administration even attempted to attend. and the national urban league, the premise is about economic, particularly for urban america, black america. youve had the cbc. we havent heard them talk about this, even when they did have that meeting, the original meeting. so there was no buy-in for the black or the brown community on this. and i talked to some former labor department personnel from the obama administration. im going to read something to you, chris. it says, while low-skill immigrants ...

English proficiency -- >> right. my grandparents on both sides, it says right here, ability to speak english. there goes the cuomos and rafas. they wouldnt have gotten in. the ability to pay for your own health care. most of the generation came here with nothing. and then you have how this talk went down, april ryan. you were there. look, weve seen some changes in tone and tenure when it. coulds comes to how the white house communicates with the country. lets play a piece of this. >> the people ...

It comes to the u.s. immigration system is who gets a green card. a green card is the golden ticket of u.s. immigration. every year, we issue a million green cards to foreign nationals from all the countries of the world. but we do so without regard to whether that applicant has demonstrated a skill that can add to the u.s. economy, whether they can pay their own way or be reliant on welfare, or whether theyll displace or take a job from an american worker, and as a result of this policy, in pla...

>> sandra: steven miller has stepped up to the podium in the white house briefing room talking immigration. lets listen in. >> -- whether that applicant has demonstrated the skill that can add to the u.s. economy, whether they can pay their own way or be reliant on welfare, or whether theyll displace or take a job from an american worker. and as a result of this policy in place now for many year, weve seen significant reductions in wages for blue collar workers, massive displacement of african-a...

>> i didnt say it was racist. >> jim, the reality is, is that the foreign-born population into our country has quadrupled since 1970. thats a fact. its been mostly driven by green card policy. this bill allows for immediate nuclear family members to come into the country, much as they would today, and then it adds an additional points-based system. the people who have been hurt the most -- the people who have been hurt the most by the policy youre advocating -- >> what policy am i advocating? >>...

To wealthier corporations and businesses. its been very unfair for american workers, but especially for immigrant workers, african-american workers and hispanic workers and blue collar workers in general across the country. at the same time, its cost taxpayers enormously because roughly half of immigrant headed households in the united states receive some type of welfare benefit, which i know is a fact that many people might consider astonishing, but its not surprising when you have an immigrati...

Jim, the reality is is that the foreign born population into our country has quad are you married since 1970. thats a fact. its been mostly driven by green card policy. now, in bill allows for immediate nuclear family members to come into the country, much as they would today, and it adds an additional points based system. the people that have been hurt the most -- >> youre saying that people have to be -- >> the people who have been hurt the most by the policy youre advocating are -- >> what po...