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By mark meadows and jim jordan, which has been very powerful in the past. they still have power in this lame duck session of congress. they said last night in a statement they want not only the border wall, they also want changes to visa programs. so theyre taking it a step farther, which is, to me, and i agree with garrett here completely, this could easily go from december 21st until january 3rd, until nancy pelosi and house democrats could end the shutdown as their first act in a new democrat...

Religion. the problem is, they started during the campaign and then carried on into the early years of the trump administration where it was perceived. correctly or incorrectly without getting into that as a ban on muslims. and that created all this problem now. the president and his staff modify the rhetoric that dealt with countries who could not have assurances provide the necessary information about the individuals. thats clearly the case in yemen, iraq that is not the case any longer. syria...

Policy. >> a president could change policy today. it could change it right now. border patrol itself is even weighing in pointing out that separations are consistent with how u.s. handles plenty unrelated cases. >> thats no different from a united states citizen parent thats going through a judicial process prosecuted for violated the law and separated from his or her children. border patrol notes the kids are getting cared for with hotls and medical services, the u.s. house vil to vote this wee...

It. >> the administrations assessed whether to implement the policy that is in effect today, other administrations said its contrary to american values. >> julie: the bill touches on the issue but its hardly a fix. where are democrats on the separation policy and new legislation? >> you saw the path forward back in february when you saw a bipartisan group of democrats and republicans in the senate come forward with a package that really resolved many of the issues. the american people have spoke...

About doing this with heart, okay? then all of a sudden as the walls are caving in on him he picks on the people coming from honduras. >> why didnt democrats take the deal of 1.6 million americans a path to citizenship in return for a wall in the end to the visa lottery program and the other visa programs that are causing problems here with national security in the united states? why did democrats not take that deal? it seems like the most generous offer thats in place on the table. is it becaus...

>> let me pick up on the point we are just hearing. is this deal you think something that immigration supporters can fundamentally accept because we will put up on screen for you what the deal generally says which is allow 1.8 million young immigrants to become citizens. $25 billion in spend awning border wall and security. restrictions on family-based immigration what is sometimes referred to as chain migration and an end to the visa lottery system. in a nutshell, is this too much for immigrant...

Why would you do that? >> i think we need reform of daca, but we also need border security, ending chain migration, and ending the lottery system we have for visa programs. i think this has to be a package, and i think we should not have a situation where you only address daca, we have to address greater border security. >> tucker: but there have been all of these demonstrations where people who are not here legally jump up and down, make threats, calling people racist, block disneyland, show up...

Home. it allowed them to stay here and work. the dhs has decided to remove haiti from the list of eligible. it comes across as a pile on especially in the moment in light of the presidents recent comments. you know, this is not a country that is doing that great. it could be a blow to the economy. perhaps even drive people to try to come here illegally now searching for something to send back home. >> meanwhile, the american economy is a big story. we need more workers. where is the conversation...

Talking from the early 1900s, the theodore roosevelt age. when we brought in workers that had specific skill sets. and i know we have different visa programs to do that. but its a broken system right now. when you have a lottery system or chain migration, those are things that we need to reform. thats what, you know, the american taxpayers where i come from, the constituents there, they want to protect the american citizens. after all, those are the ones -- >> congressman, i dont know about your...

The corporate profits theyre going to get, and a percentage has to go to wages. why not do a hardline negotiation? >>lectionsave consequences, and the fact is they dont control either chamber of the congress. >> but they need 60 on this. >> they do. a lot of rick santorum folks dont like the idea of providing amnesty. >> 70% plus of republicans in a poll. >> its not reflective of what the mood is among members of congress. i think what members of congress want and have wanted, unless we have enf...