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Here and thanks for joining us. >> thank you. congressman what are your thoughts as president obama is trying to jump start immigration reform in a time when so many are wonders whether or not it will be accomplished in this day and age. >> it is the third year of obama administration and we are now talking about it . which make its almost a political football. we should have done something to look at it in the last couple of years. one of the problems we have. the word comprehensive is become a...

Violence, drugs,ism gra immigra h1n1. its important that we keep this 70-year conference going and i agreed to host it in santa fe, because arizona which was going to host it basically canceled the conference and i felt that wasnt right. >> its really important for your border states but also on a national debate, so many americans are concerned about whats taking place in these border states and also paying close attention to whats going on in arizona. and its showing that nearly 57%, almost 60...

Youre latino, or someone might belief are you latino, you have to carry your passport or green card with you? >> thats what makes it racial profiling, john. you can have a new mexicoian or arizonan that has been in the state hundreds of years or generations and they are basically asked for their papers. that makes this law unconstitutional. what we need to do, john, and where i agree with governor brewer is that we need more border patrol, we need more national guard at the border, more detectio...

Enforcement officer who is only trying to do their job to ask that person that might be an american citizen but just isnt carrying their paperwork. i love to go to arizona. im an arizona diamondbacks baseball fan. if i go there, im just concerned with my beard, im the only hispanic governor, theyre going to ask me for my papers. this just doesnt make sense. and hopefully, hopefully there will spur what this will spur, rachel, is what the congress has failed to do. and that is comprehensive immig...

Systems. now the mayor of new york de blasio, says he wants to get rid of trump doing any business with him. are they being fair to donald trump? >> theyre overdoing it. its a pilon. i dont agree with donalds comment. i would say it totally differently. but i think theyre overdoing it. and the conclusion that he comes to that we have a porous border that needs to be controlled better is the correct conclusion. and if we can do that then if we can do that if we can stop illegal immigration and if...

Of trump doing any business with him. are they being fair to donald trump? >> theyre overdoing it. its a pilon. i dont agree with donalds comment. i would say it totally differently. but i think theyre overdoing it. and the conclusion that he comes to that we have a porous border that needs to be controlled better is the correct conclusion. and if we can do that, then if we can do that, if we can stop illegal immigration and if we can have a visa program for the workers that we need, then i woul...

Act, the senator from south carolina. >> were not going to pass the dream act or any other legalization program until we secure our borders. theres a war raging in mexico thats compromising our national security and for those who bring up the bill today. i know why your a doing it. youre not doing it to advance the issue, youre doing it to advance your situation politically. it is not appreciated. youre making it harder. you care more about politics in the last two weeks than you care about gove...