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Changed in the republican party. >> i think, again, until we look at the -- its almost three-pronged. until we look at the enforcement issues, those issues, then we can do -- >> but the thing is you dont have to deal -- you can create path to citizenship in pieces, in stages without dealing with them. instead of saying we cant do anything until we do it all. >> my sister-in-law, shes south african, she came here ten years ago, it took her seven years to gain status. this is after she had been ma...

Careers to create jobs rather than being forced to leave to go back to their home countries and actually compete with us. >> for the majority leader, this is a bill that awards a certain kind of contribution to the american family but it effectively picks winners and losers when it comes to immigration. the stem act would offset visas for the highly educated by eliminating those from the visa program, half of which provide entry to the u.s. for applicants from african nations. >> tara, this lang...

Stem jobs act. it is just eerily reminiscent. and what we know is that theres room. we are on the brink of a population crisis. and not only in terms of the decreased birth rates, but last year, we saw net migration from mexico, the largest sending count country, go down to zero. so we are going down in our birthrate and immigration is stalling. what will happen with this country? we need our population growth and it doesnt look like the republicans are going to want it play ball. if they keep p...

By huge margins. the gop is making their first post-election play at winning some of those voters back. today republicans voted to limit legal immigration to this country and called it immigration reform. the stem jobs act passed in the house earlier 245-139. house republicans tried to pass a version of the bill a few months back and failed. why? because the stem act is a mad bill. the white house has voiced its opposition to it because it doesnt pave a way forward for millions of undocument wor...

Propositions such as the stem act, were not going to have any advancement on this issue. we need comprehensive immigration reform. >> there are different reasons we give immigration bills for immigration. in your view, is there a tension between directing immigration towards our economic needs by bringing the stem folks and towards reuniting families and towards assuring global representation. do these things have to be kind of pit against each other? >> absolutely not, ezra. we absolutely need ...

Now the gop is making its first post-election play at winning some of those voters back. today republicans voted to limit legal immigration to this country and called it immigration reform. the stem jobs act passed in the house earlier 245-139. house republicans tried to pass a version of the bill a few months back and failed. why? because the s.t.e.m. act is a bad bill. the white house has voiced its opposition to it because it doesnt pave a way forward for millions of undocumented workers in t...

Senator elect ned cruz. >> essence of the conservative message is we want a dynamic nation where anybody with nothing can achieve anything. >> example of why republicans say the stem act is important to american competitiveness, 38% of the high-tech grads from foreign countrys. leading american companies, immigrant contributed to three out of ever four patents filed. >> bret: thank you. bipartisan coalition in senate approved a measure limiting the governments power to indefinitely detain americ...

18.7 million people out of work across the 17 eu countries that use the euro. spain and greece have the highest jobless rates. 25% is the unemployment rate in spain and greece with youth unemployment levels, look at this, almost 60% in spain and greece. bill: good luck with that, huh? what a future. debate now underway on capitol hill where the house is set to vote on the republican immigration reform bill. if it passes the stem act would get rid of the lottery system and reallocate 55,000 green...

The stem act, which increases the number of certain visas. will those moves make a difference among latinos? will it bring them back to the gaap? fasten your seatbelts as i ask republican congressman raul of idaho, and lower at any rate sanchez of california. >> both welcome. im delighted to have you on the program. congresswoman sanchez, do you think this will make a difference in terms of the allegiance of voters for the republican party? >> listen. latino families and all american families sh...

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