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Your legislation implemented? >> i refer you to kirstjen nielsen. you have to change the law so we can make sure custody stays with dhs. thats important and why were voting on this tomorrow. >> last question. >> would you entertain a narrow emergency bill that would reunite families. >> were trying to pass this legislation right now. this is good compromise legislation that not only solves the child separation issue at the border but solves the border and daca and a lot of our broken immigration...

Families. it creates the impression fairly or unfairly the president is using this issue as leverage to try to get a broader immigration package out of congress. but much of the media are leaving out some important context here. for example, the conditions at these warehouses, converted buildings being used to house the children, those date to the obama administration. we didnt hear much about it then and a court decree that limits the administrations option. children can be held for 20 days. ch...

Their parents and now hes using them as leverage to try to get a legislative solution favorable to his preferred policy goals. ted cruz has a bill that is relatively narrow but would truncate the asylum process. are democrats going to play ball with this negotiation on these terms. >> well emphasize the entire problem was created with the stroke of a presidential pen and its a presidential pen that can end it. now, cruz is putting forward a bill, thats what legislators do. his bill sets up a kan...

Going to take over, we are going prospeople criminally, which then necessitates parents being separated from their kids. this is one of those weird times when i get to say they dont actually have to pass a law do this. but i also think the other thing is that if they keep going down that path, and lets say theyre able to garner the votes to get this compromised bill through the house. >> this is the vote tomorrow that he is talking about. theyre going to take a vote on a more moderate bill as op...

Your legislation? >> i will refer you to kirstjen nielsen, the secretary, shes talked to us about interim measures but the could court case is the key thing for us. you have to change the law so we can make sure that custody stays with dhs. we think thats important and thats why were vote thong tomorrow. >> last yes. >> would you entertain a narrow emergency bill that would -- >> again, just like i said, were trying to pass this legislation right now in the is very good compromise legislation. n...

This as political leverage. he wants his wall. he had the muslim ban. he wants his wall, and hes trying to achieve this, and its not personal is the kind of message that im taking. and this is not any legal insight. this is just my own instinct. everything is a deal. unfortunately some of these things are more than deals. these are, again, a manifestation of everything from are our humanity to the legacy we have as a nation that gives whats the biblical narrative of hospitality. we should be emb...

To get his wall built. leverage to end visa lottery and chain migration. >> there is no question the president welcomes the fight on immigration. he has told people that weve reported around him the last week or so, he feels like this is a winning issue for him and his party. he thinks this is the number one reason why hes elected. his very tough stance on immigration during the campaign, which of course includes the wall, is what propelled him to victory. he thinks that if republicans are simil...

Spectacle we just saw in the white house a moment ago with all those republican lawmakers praising the president for dealing with this issue and even lindsey graham who said this was of the presidents own making, trying to find a way to be complementary of him. what do you make of that? >> i think there is a concern among certain house republicans, like the ones who are in the white house, about publicly distancing themselves from the president, particularly for some immigration hardliners. but ...

That might be a new possible leverage point when this federal government is trying to create what are basically baby jails in texas. >> i cant stress strongly enough. im in contact with a lot of folks that are organizers. the outcry over this is like nothing people have seen. the trump administration will double down and they will try to wait it out until it goes away. they wont lift a finger. they wont stop it unless they are made to stop it. were going to put babies in detention as americans u...

The course of a day, just a few through. >> senator, theres a big decision that you and your colleagues have now. one way to understand whats happened is that the president has taken hostages essentially in both a sort of metaphorical and literal sense. 2600 children separated from their charns and now hes using them as leverage to try to get a legislative solution favorable to his preferred policy goals. ted cruz has a bill that is relatively narrow but would truncate the asylum process. are de...