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Problem with this legislatively, it will be in the house. >> indeed. this is the house -- youre going to have the stronger, harder, more conservative body in congress. but this is a huge, huge threat to the gop, and the gop knows that. thats why paul ryan had come out and asked trump not to do this. lets remember that as these daca status expire in march, midterm campaigning is really going to be heating up. and youre going to have hundreds of daca kids are going to be losing their work status, ...

Taking away american jobs. thats not the case. hes trying to pit americans against the d.r.e.a.m.ers in a way thats not fair and not just. >> franco, senator graham said he thinks the senate can get it done. he essentially deals with senator harris on that. he said the problem will be in the house. the theres going to be a problem with this legislatively, it will be in the house. >> indeed. this is the house -- youre going to have the stronger, harder, more conservative body in congress. but thi...

>> assuming they pass that checklist, are you willing to give permanent status, putting them on a path of citizenship? >> thats something we have to discuss. thats not clearly in the bill. ive always been open to that for the dreamers who were brought here by their parents, and ive also said for comprehensive immigration reform, its legal work status that those who broke the law, the adults that came here are really after. i have an open mind when it comes to the kids, the dreamers that have bee...

People in this room agree, thats not what is is happening now. you have dreamers like this who have gone to meetings like this and are now being deported. im not talking about people doing negative things. have you heard of that? are you afraid as a dreamer youre a threat? >> as you mentioned, they do illegal crimes but most of us dont. when we get the dream act, we have a break ground check and parents are not here, im here with my grandma what is here legally and i wouldnt want to be afraid an...

Gone home. we have another 6 million here, jumping ahead of the line, for one reason to make a better life for their family. so i understand that. we need to reform all of our immigration laws, we need to get that done to make it better for all of us here. for someone like you, we have to know -- i dont know what your parents status is, they need legal work status. >> listen, what you say right now sounds great, a lot of people would agree with you, that is not what is happening right now. you h...

Dreamers or undocumented workers. its not happening. its fiction. >> these names are not fiction, sir. >> you do not need to worry. those that are abiding by the laws today, we will be in some point -- my hope is this year figuring out a compromise to give them legal work status in this country, so no one has to worry. they can go home and visit with their friends and family. >> congressman, do you feel better now knowing that no dreamers in this country are under threat in any way? >> yes. >> y...

I have a whole list of people, so on the one hand, i love it when republicans do what you should be doing which is honoring the great contributions of our immigrants but at the same time you have a republican president who is unleashing hell on this community and nobody is saying anything about it. >> president trump is focused on securing the borders, secondly, deporti ining the criminal elem >> there is no deportation force going door-to-door to deport dreamers or undocumented workers. it is n...

Here legally and i just would not want to be afraid any more that so many kids who have fought to be here and have a future, to be deported. >> certainly, if youre here legally, you have nothing to worry about. even those that are undocumented. in my district we have a lot of dairy farms, many of those workers are undocumented who came here illegally. we need those workers to milk our cows and get them legal work status which is something i firmly believe. >> congressman, i agree with you on tha...

Family folks. we will deal with them on a compassionate basis. many of those are the dairy farm workers up in western new york i know well and im confident we will as a republican party and president trump as well will deal with that in a compassionate basis. >> let them stay here in the united states, find a pathway to a -- >> legal work status. >> for the kids and their parents? >> but not citizenship. >> eventually after a number of years, presumably, they would be eligible to apply for citiz...

Are ready to pass a short-term extension to give house and senate leaders a few more days. president obama will hold a town hall on immigration reform in nashville this morning. right now, 17 states are involved in a federal lawsuit seeking to block the presidents executive order. that order which gives temporary work status to more than 5 million immigrants in the united states. the president has been busy. he made his first and last appearance on the colbert report. it was a hilarious exch...