multiple different states and no one is stopping you. so until you fix that, why would you pass a massive bill to fix everything else if you're going to deal with the same problem another five years. remember, ronald reagan did a form of amnesty and we didn't fix the border then when he was president and you now we're dealing with the same issue, what, 25 years later? >> the same nonstarter. you don't want to fix trade policy, piece families back together, sensible guest worker programs and strengthen the economy here, you'll never get reform. they start with this idea of putting an electric fence over the border, a moat. they know it's a ridiculous nonstarter. >> i'm still stuck with,s and i thought ramos asked the question, an important basic question, at some point is it an okay excuse to say we can't do it in an election year? i understand covering capitol hill that is the reality. they're not -- you cannot take these controversial things up because you're going to face a tougher are problem in the