about 4.5 million people come across the border. you have left office, 7 million people across the border. why couldn't you secure it? >> the economy got better. it's a long better. we had a fence, you know, in san diego. it worked. >> why didn't you put it all the way through? >> for one thing, back then, even the texas republicans didn't want it. >> you could have done it by executive order. >> i don't know if i could have or not. >> eric: dana is going mm-hmm. i'll get to you in a second. bob, bill clinton sounds like he was tough on immigration, but everything i heard since, including when hillary was running for president he is offering amnesty. way to offer am necessary toy to illegal -- >> bob: in fairness, there was an immigration bill put before the senate and house as well. bogged down. it was bipartisan.