Page 5 - Separation Issue News Today

Law into the books that just merely handles the separation issue, because you need 60 votes in the senate to get that done. i dont think, because based on what we know about washington and based on what we know about politics, it doesnt seem logical that there will be some sort of grand global immigration compromise this year. we are five months from election day. the parties even within the republican party and within the democratic matter, there are massive, massive chasms when it comes to vie...

>> reporter: dana, i think you need to look at what the house is considering this week as a method to solve the daca issue, not the separation issue. there is one considered conservative, one moderate republicans have been behind closed doors and negotiating with leadership for the last couple weeks. heres the reality, specifically when you jump off what the president just said. this is a partisan effort. this is an effort that doesnt have a companion piece of work thats moving over in the senat...

And human services when they get to hhs. >> is that the image of country you want out there, the children -- >> the -- the image i want is a secure border and humanitarian ideals and congress needs to fix it. >> i want to give you a chance to respond to laura bushs op ed and supporting a application of law and current first lady melania trump said we should be a nation of laws and do so with heart. do you have anything you want to tell them, do you believe they are misunderstanding the situation...

Things. you have to turn them away at the border, send them back to their home country, have a new detention policy and detention facility that allows to process quickly where children are staying with their parents in this new facility or what some are advocating for, just open borders and say come in and come back laterfully. >> dana: people have a hard time making that last point. youll be back voting on this legislation this week. have a safe trip back to d.c. thanks, congressman. >> thanks,...

Reporting. >> ed lavandera, thank you. cnn white house reporter steven colinson with us now. i want to go back to the presidents tweet where he said democrats can fixed forced family breakup by working with republicans on new life for a change. he is putting the onus on democrats, but he also does not have to be implementing this no-tolerance policy or practice which is whats causing the separation. he could stop it at any time, is that correct? >> yes, thats correct. what happened under the z...

The border. >> the separation issue inflamed by the attorney generals biblical policy. >> i would cite you to the apostle paul and in romans 13 to obey the laws of the government because god is ordained the government for his purposes. orderly processes are good in themselves. >> cnns jim acosta asked sarah sanders about sessions comments. she had not heard them, but backed the general line of thinking and the exchange got tense. >> i can say that it is very biblical to enforce the law. that is ...

House republicans circulating a draft bill to overhaul thexpected to vote on s next week. changes could be made as it is not finalized. it reflects president trumps approach to immigration. $25 billion for border security. it also ends the diversity visa lo lottery and cuts family-based visas and a path to citizenship for daca recipients. separation issue inflamed by attorney general jeff sessions biblical defense of the policy. >> i would cite you to the apostle paul and his wise command in r...

Dropped last night at about 4:00 or 5:00, about 4:00, it also deals with daca and the family separation issue and essentially what republicans are trying to do is theyre trying to craft a bill that would fund the presidents border wall and that would be there this consensus bill as well as tackle the family separation issue and the daca measure and essentially box democrats in because keep in mind, when paul ryan says he doesnt know if either bill will pass, if it was dependent on republican vot...

In without parents. i dont want to confuse this with the parental separation issue, they came in without parents, they were matched up with sponsors. the federal government doesnt know where they are. and the trump administration has been taking a lot of heat for this. i was speaking with one source who said that this may be a situation where many of these sponsors, who may be undocumented themselves, are actually hiding in a way, right? theyre hiding from the federal government. this is a polit...

Done business in russia. it is a very, very tricky business. it is a tough line to walk. they all walk it. im going to be interested to see how much closer tillerson is to putin than any of the other major oil executives doing business in that country. >> well, we are the choices we make, right. that takes us segue into another separation issue, donald trump. heres my suggestion. this cant work. whatever it is that he wants to do. he delayed his announcement on thursday. i believe theres good re...