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Principle components. theres a family-based component through which the suspect in yesterdays attack alleged bombing incident came through and theres an employment-based component. in any given year, we have about one million immigrants. one million people come here get green cards, immigrant visas. in fiscal year 15, for example, of that one million, about 72% of our immigrants came based on a family connection. only 6%, one out of 15 came based on unemployment or job connection. the immigratio...

>> neil: it wasnt just the new york terror suspect that came to the united states through the lottery program. more came through the u.s. through the same lottery programs as well. judy jasper is here. we have not gotten this confirmed by other groups beyond the white house. what do you know about this and how vulnerable this program was to this sort of thing? the wrong guys getting through. >> well, neil, frankly, its embarrassing for us or even me to see that we havent looked at this before. y...

♪ out of the car ♪ sing a song ♪ >> he has some swag. someone on twitter says ive waited for this for ten years. carol also said i must say the older he gets the more handsome he gets. blake sheldon responded saying you must be running out of people. cant you just hear him say that? rob: six foreigners with ties to terror slipping through a system for immigration the same way the man who plowed down pedestrians on a new york city bike path did. why isnt congress calling for an end to the l...

A great opportunity to speak with their leadership and show the world, show the asian countries that the united states is also partnering with these countries fighting terrorism. the philippines have the longest experience in fighting the jihadists, but also keep in mind that indonesia, malaysia -- although not on the trip this time -- are all facing the same terror threats. so it is important to show that the united states has asian partners in the fight against terrorism, absolutely. david: co...

Protect americans. >> nothings wrong with it. but whats wrong with it is doing it moments after people were plowed down. a stones throe -- >> when you hear the president say the people in this lottery are not the countrys best -- >> look, theres a good argument to get rid of the lottery program. but the -- lets be clear about what trumps agenda is. donald trump, first of all, wants to cut immigration in half overall, regardless of how people come in. secondly, he wants fewer mexicans and muslims...

Of the kids face in the bus and the person filming the screaming on a beautiful day. thats what they want. these are -- this is a real threat. they came here to deliver it. so it doesnt matter who it is. they killed some people from south america. they ran into a bus with special needs children in there and got out and wanted to stab people but he was so incompetent he dropped the knife. this is what isis wants. this is the jihad. steve: apparently what he told authorities, he wanted to drive ar...

After the terrorist attack there. thats not the time to be making political points against a hometown elected official. now on the lottery visa, look i think this country, politicians have a right and a responsibility to take a look at whats best for the country. we should have a conversation about a modern immigration system. comprehensive immigration system that meets the requirements of the modern economy in america. we have the d.r.e.a.m. act thats being discussed. theres a deadline for it. ...

Take care of ourselves and push on. but thats not right for america, and it clouds this whole conversation, which is an important one. >> you know, listen, both sides do it all the time, what youre saying, take advantage of the dynamics to push a public policy. the democrats are guilty, i guess the republicans are guilty of it. what is wrong with reviewing our immigration laws to protect americans? >> nothing is wrong with it. what is wrong with it is doing it. moments after people were bloued d...

There is a story out there that he has made it clear to congress that if the democrat want to keep the dreamers in this country, hes going to get the wall. also, the visa program, got to go. abby: democrats have been pretty quiet in response. steve: they have been. abby: to this lottery program. something chuck schumer has been pushing for for a number of years. would imagine you will get democrats on board for doing away with this program as well. rob: they couldnt before because no one knew wh...

And really its to slash legal immigration as well as to try to limit immigration from muslim majority countries. so he thinks that this somehow reaffirms that objective, when in fact none of what he has proposed would have prevented this incident from taking place because uzbekistan was not on any of the travel ban iterations that he put forward. this is someone who came in through this lottery program seven years ago, and so he only recently may have been radicalized and that would not have com...