If you immigrated to the u. S. Five years ago or more 202 7488001. If you are a daca recipient or eligible or applied for daca 202 7488002. All others Illegal Immigrants, we have set aside a line for you as well. 202 7488003. We welcome your comments on our facebook page. Will get your calls momentarily. The week ended in washington with the unveiling of some of President Trumps proposal. Members of his administration detailing it to Congressional Staff and some congressional leaders on friday. The attorney general speaking about it and norfolk in on friday. Ginia the plan would provide a 10 to 12 year path to citizenship for about 1. 8 million current daca eligible immigrants. 25 billion for a border wall and other security measures. It would also limit what has been called chain migration to include spouses and minor children only and would eliminate the visa lottery system. We will appear more from the president and Jeff Sessions in a moment. To point out the lead editorial in the Washington Post. Their approval of the plan to a certain degree. Their lead editorial, dreamers for the wall. Congress should welcome mr. Of a path toer citizenship for undocumented young immigrants. Immigrants are no longer spilling over the u. S. Mexican border. It would be better served by a combination of fencing and surveillance. Promised a wall and politically he feels the need to deliver. Congress should welcome mr. Trump scruff or of a 10 to 12 year pathway for citizenship for the estimated 1. 8 million undocumented young immigrants enrolled in daca. The time horizon is reasonable. The number is more than generous than some proposals which were limited to the 690,000 were enrolled in the program when mr. End. Announced its a deal with surprise security and a future for a promising young class of immigrants whose lives might otherwise be ruined. As part of the editorial in support of President Trumps proposal on immigration. 202 7488000 if you are a recent immigrant to the United States. You 7488001 for those of who have been in the country five years or longer. Daca recipients 202 7488002. Immigrants, 202 7488003. Lets hear from President Trump this week at the World Economic davos. In we are also securing our immigration system as a matter of national and economic security. America is a cutting edge economy. Our immigration system is stuck in the past. Replace our Current System with a merit a system of admissions that selects new arrivals based on their ability to contribute to our economy to support themselves financially and to strengthen our country. Host all of President Trumps comments at davos available at cspan. Org. Your thoughts this hour, immigrants only on the trump proposal for recent immigrants. 202 7488000. In the country longer than five years 202 7488001. Aca recipients 202 7488002 in the New York Times on the. Pinion pages the headline of the piece is the necessity of Stephen Miller. Thats one of President Trumps policy advisers. He writes that trump and miller made an interesting offer. Amnesty and path to citizenship for Daca Recipients and other dreamers. In return for a shift over many years to a skillsbased policy and a somewhat lower immigration rate. If you are committed to the view canon must beons steamrolled you will respond to this offer calling a white supremacist ransom note. If you think that lasting deals are forged when all sides are represented you might consider making a counter offer. Rough blueprint with more green cards for skilled immigrants so that miller gets his cuts but the overall rate stays close to the status quo. Know if theres a deal to be had along those lines. Democrats might not want a grand bargain with this president. A bargain that actually reflects the shape of Public Opinion can only happen with someone like Stephen Miller at the table. Sean hassean has been in the coy over five years. Good morning. Your thoughts on what the president is calling for. Hello . Host you are on the air. Go ahead. Caller im not 100 against daca but as one that followed the Legal Immigration process i actually got a green card twice. Time i was recently married and we invested a lot of money. We didnt eat out or it we didnt take vacation for years because we had to pay for lawyers. It hurts me personally because i know the time and the investment and following the rule of law that i did to be here in the u. S. Host tell us where you and about howm much did this cost you overall . Caller from ecuador. Everythingime we did ourselves. It was several thousand dollars. About 6000 the first time. The second time we did with lawyers and it was 20,000 throughout the entire process. Its a considerable investment. I understand and appreciate and respect theres a lot of different situations. For me the toughest thing is you hear so many of these immigrant advocates demanding without realizing that for us that welowed the rule of law couldnt take a vacation for several years because we had to stay in the u. S. Because we didnt have the resources. We did the right thing and to see everybody around us that didnt do the right thing all of a sudden getting many benefits i think there needs to at least be some fairness. Advocatedbecause we didnt have resources. We did the right at least some rebate or something for us that followed the rule of law. If you are going to give everything for free to those who didnt follow the rule of law what about us that did . It is so frustrating. Im not saying kick everybody out. I think trump says that. We cant kick everybody out. Let me ask you in terms of you came from ecuador. What was it that initially drew you to the United States . Caller for education. Host you came here for college . Caller yes. Got married and ended up staying here. Toughrst time it was very for us at the beginning. People dont realize. We had to wait in line. We had to do interviews. We had to file fees. The second time i was a professional. I had the money. Without any ck 20,000. The lawyers throughout the process. Painful but we had the resources to do it the second time. The first time that we followed the legal process. Host lets hear from ray who is up next in maryland. Been here longer than five years. Good morning. Good morning. My problem is what is this wall and is this the most efficient way to spend this money . I think the main problem we have is the opiate problem and that is coming through the post office from china. Why dont we put that money to making that situation go away and trying to build a wall . Can you tell us about your immigration experience . And is this the most efficient way to spend this money . Which country you emigrated from and how long you have been here . Here over 20e been years. I came from nigeria. Immigrated here over 20 years. I went to college here. Worked here, lived here. My problem is building a wall, what good does that do . If people want to come over a wall they will come over a wall. Have you seen these guys climb a tree . This is a serious problem. The problem we have is the opiate problem. Why dont you take that money and put it towards resolving the opioid problem coming through the post office and the federal express. President has argued that part of the reason for putting the wall there is to help stem some of the Illegal Drugs coming into the u. S. How do you respond to that . The people who bring drugs to this country are not the guys that you see. Those are just examples. The people who bring drugs into this country fly them in or send them in. The big problem is that the government doesnt want to address who brings the drugs into this country. Thats why the problem will never go away. Thanks for your call. Asking immigrants only this hour. If you have been in the country longer than five years 202 7488000. Less than five years 202 7488000. Years 202 five 7488001. Daca recipients 202 7488002. Undocumented people 202 7488003. Now back fromp davos tweeting late last night saying democrats are not interested in Border Security, border safety and security or in the funding and rebuilding of our military. They are only interested in obstruction. Heres a headline in bloomberg businessweek. Their headline immigrants against immigration. The party divide over who gets to come to the u. S. Has never been wider. Can it be bridged . That bipartisan consensus on immigration feels like ancient history. Today Congressional Republicans spurn proimmigration messages while democrats have gone all in on liberalized immigration seeing themselves as the party of inclusion. Republicans increasingly see whatelves as defending they see as what it means to be an american. The wall street journal writing about the president s proposal in their friday editorial on the proposal from the white house daca and deportation is the headline for their editorial writing if republicans dont want to spend the next three years defending deportations of people like mr. Garcia or be reminded about mr. Trumps expletive they should work with democrats on a daca compromise. Americans want to know that the u. S. Isnt admitting criminals or terrorists but they are also demonizing immigrants. Good morning. Caller my name is jay and i have been in the u. S. Since 2002. I am a graded from brazil. I came here with a green card brought me here. I got my citizenship. I got my mom here. I heard the previous caller saying it was so much money to get hiS Immigration status straight and maybe he should get some rebate back. I disagree with that completely. I think folks come to the United States because its a better country than the country that they came from. Purcell,he case with the entire south and latin america including africa. We come here for a dream and thats the model of america. Rebate on thed a 3000 to 5,000 i spent. I think the folks who left their country that dont have an opportunity should be given a path to citizenship as long as they are doing things the right way on the 3000 to 5,000 i spent and they. If you are not a criminal should be allowed to stay in this country. Let me ask you about the president s proposal. Up to 1. 8llion Million Immigrants allowed. You would be ok with the numbers the administration is proposing . I would be ok with 2. 5 million. Whether hes going to anchor that into building his wall i think is a fight the democrats and republicans need to fight to make that money reasonably spent responsibly. Not a stupid wall that is not like youdo anything are saying to resolve the Opioid Crisis. They build tunnels. They do all kinds of things. If the drug problem is really important for you to fix start from the top. Lets crack down on those who are involved in money laundering. And notllow the money just the drugs and physical ponds of the system that are actually visible. The invisible folks are the ones that are really driving that problem to continue in the future. T first hour only immigrants only this first hour of the washington journal. We are talking about the white house immigration proposal. Tuesday nightore in the president s state of the union speech. Tell us your story. Caller good morning. I have been here almost 10 years now. I saw america as the country of opportunity and it was truly a country of opportunity. My position is keep the folks who are already here as long as and not not criminals involved with any bad action. And not involved with any bad action. Give them permanent residency. If you are someone who is on the verge of being deported i think no one would be asking to be citizens. They want to security to live in the u. S. Securely. Keep those who are already here. As long as they are not criminals. Give them papers and build the wall. I think that would be a very good compromise. Host you are from silver spring, maryland. An area that has a fairly vibrant immigrant population i understand. Is this a high topic of conversation among your neighbors . Caller yes it is. I feel so bad that before i came we felt the u. S. As a welcoming country. I lived in europe for many years and i saw the difference. A welcoming country built with immigrants. Everybody trying to survive. I think we should keep that spirit alive and continue rather than dividing this country as immigrants. Lets go back to the american spirit of accepting immigrants and counting them as good contributors to the society and also definitely there are criminals. I dont have an issue with building the wall. They could serve a good purpose. Before you came to the United States how did you think your reception would be . Caller i assumed it would be very welcoming. I lived in europe and i dont want to mention where i lived in germany. When are youask going to go back to your country. They make you feel that you dont belong there. Host really . Caller yes. This morning we welcome your calls. Immigrants only on the Trump Administration immigration proposal. 202 7488000 for those of you recently arrived. 202 7488001 if you have been here five years or longer. 202 7488002 Daca Recipients undocumented people 202 7488003. Go ahead with your comments. Welcome. Aller i do believe i am legal immigrant from france. That those Illegal Immigrants should be returned to their country of origin. They are breaking the law. You came from france. You are a legal immigrant from france. Caller right. Host you feel that the most recent you are talking specifically about the daca and those whose immigrant fate is somewhat up in the air at this moment. Caller i am not talking about daca. Im talking about immigrants. Whatever the immigrant is. Ok . Im not talking about daca here. Whoever is coming in this country illegally crossing borders illegally or doing whatever else should be returned to his country of origin. To new jersey. O welcome. I agree with the previous caller and that is my same sentiment. I have been here almost 34 years. I came the legal way. I filled my documents and i got here. Anybody coming here undocumented or illegal should not think they have a sense of entitlement because its a country of immigrants. Because they are immigrants they should automatically be admitted to this. There has to be rules and regulation. , you applyo line properly. I think its an unfair advantage for people who live right by the border of mexico to be able to jump in wherever. I come from india. People from india dont have that advantage. They have to take a visa. They have to buy a ticket. You cannot have u. S. Government officials hold of the government just to let you in. Its time to wakeyou cannot havt up and be fair to everybody here. We are not here. We are all immigrants. We pay our taxes and we cannot afford to have you admitted here and take on your expenses and have the u. S. Government impacted. Reaction on twitter. Lets take a look at a couple. This one is from sally who tweets the democrats should take the deal knowing that trump will be impeached or indicted soon and then a new deal can be brokered. Says the democrats are reeling and Richard Rogers says republicans time to choose between trump or country. Connie is in new jersey. Been in the country more than five years. Good morning. I have been here since 1957 and immigration has changed a lot. In 1957 when you come from europe it was very easy to come here. It was the kennedys who changed that. I know they are not supposed to come illegal. But everybody is looking for a better way of life. Here and who immigrate to oury good officials in the government this goes to the people they want to bring here with higher education. Andmother came from russia he didnt even speak a word of english. And from that you go on and on. It breaks my heart the other day when i saw on television this man who was 39yearold has been here with both his parents and must be alive for them now. At 10 years old. He has been in this country for 30 years and was deported. Now the children are born here. To stay hisright father here. Somebody had a priority. So i dont understand it. I really dont understand what happened to United States. Host part of the proposal would be to limit the ability to bring family members, the familybased migration. Some have called it chain migration. You would be opposed to that change . Caller in a way yes. In a way, no. To the family and they have to wait. Like your sister and so on. It comes to your wife and your husband you separate the family and children, what are you going to do . Send the mother back and leave the children here all by themselves . Everything is very twisted. United states is a great nation. Wasve been here more than i in spain. I was born in spain. Host how long have you been in the United States . Caller im 77. I have been here since 1957. Host what you did you get your citizenship . When you came here as a student you could apply for it. Host how long did it take you . Caller not much. Maybe a year. Calls in aof your moment. Breitbart headline. The Supreme Court of law. Saying that attorney general Jeff Sessions begins 2018 with a series of wins for President Donald Trump delivering on several issues on a way that few could to the applause of the present space. First iS Immigration. January has seen could two histc immigration case is headed can bethe Supreme Court explained by one simple fact. President trump pickton immigration warrior. The attorney general was out friday speaking about a bit aboutand whats in the proposal that President Trump unveiled. Here he is speaking to Law Enforcement officials friday and virginia in virginia. We saw two terrorist attacks in new york. They were carried out by people who came here as the result of the diversity lottery and change