Set up what the administration has been doing and the larger issue of what this could potentially have among house guest the ministration is among House Republicans. Is the administration ofhas been a huge subject protest among the immigrant advocacy community. Jeh johnson has been listening to a lot of advocates and talking about the things they can do. It is not entirely clear what they will do. The thinking is there will probably be some good some new guidance about what they should consider when it comes to. Ooking at immigration people who are living in mixed of them aree citizens, some of them are illegals. Advocates would like the president to expand his Deferred Action Program that he has to a broader population of people. He put something together a couple of years ago under some protest that finally allowed this to happen. Young people who were brought here by their parents, they dont have to worry about being deported anymore. We are not sure what the administration is going to do but those are the kinds of things were looking at. On pbs news,nson sparking another round of stories, including a series this weekend lets listen to what he said thursday. [video clip] our currentaluating enforcement priorities. That is something the president announced that he asked me to do on march 13. Have been looking at this since i took office in late december. That is taking a look at our security program. Judgment, secure communities should be an efficient way to work with state to local Law Enforcement reach the removal priorities that we have. The program has become controversial. I told a group of sheriffs and cheese that i met with a couple of days ago that we needed a fresh start. This is a conversation i have been having with a number of mayors and governors. Could that happen . I believe it will and it should. Host Judy Woodruff with jeh johnson. That was last thursday on the pbs news hour. Joining us is fond johnson, following the peas for the national journal. Following johnson, the piece for the national journal. Guest i think that is going to continue no matter what the president does on this administrative review. The republicans have used this line over and over again about how they do not want to pass anything when they do not trust the president to enforce the laws we have. The kinds of things the white house are doing are well within their administrative capacity. Thes the purview of department of Homeland Security only to figure out how we enforce the Immigration Laws. Think about the number of people who go speeding on the highway or parking places they are not supposed to part. Supposed to park. It would require a tremendous amount of Law Enforcement to prosecute all of those people. This is something the administration can figure out how to do. They need to tweak it for the sake of people who have been affected by it. Just how far they are going to go is the real question. I think no matter what the administration does, the republicans do not trust the president. It does not have to do with immigration, it has more to do with health care lobbying healthcare law. The lack of trust between the republicans in congress and the administration the relationship there is almost nonexistent. Host where is Speaker Boehner and where are House Republicans on this . We have been getting a number of conflicting reports. The speaker backs off where is that . As i best understand the speaker would very much like to do something about immigration this year. But i am not sure what that would be. It is probably not the kind of thing that is necessarily the white house or immigration advocates the kind of thing the white house or immigration advocates would want. He only has a certain amount of power. The rest of the house would rather not take up the issue because they know it would take up a lot of time, it would be incredibly disruptive in their party. They dont feel like they need to, at least this year. Is secure. The Senate Looks Like it could be flipped to republican control. There are a lot of Holding Patterns going on. I do think there have been i have heard reports well,umors is what i have heard that theyre going to try and do something in the next couple of weeks. I will not leave it until i see it. It seems like it is such a toxic issues for toxic issue for republicans. They need to know what happens next. Theres absolutely no sense of what would happen on that. My guess is we will hear more rumors. And we will not see anything. Dot in terms of numbers, you know how many annually the thetration and the administration in charge of this have been earning . Guest they hit the 2 million mark sometime in the last month. The number of deportations have slowed considerably in the last couple of months. Protests have gotten quite heated. It is a rapid rate of deportation. One of the things that changed administratively, which i do not view as a bad thing, is under the Bush Administration in the past decade what used to happen when people were crossed that people cross the border and were picked up within 10 miles of the border, they may have been flagged. They were not actually charged with any violation. Over the course of the last few years the Border Patrol has changed that policy such that people who have crossed the border are charged with violation across the border. What happens is if they try to cross and again, now they have a record of violation. Deportations, there are deportations of people who have been in the country for a long time. A significant portion of the deportations are in that churn that happens along the border. The numbers can be looked at in a number of different ways. They will continue to do so until something changes. Host thank you for that background. We look for you online. We appreciate you being with us. And another take from the wall street journal, who points out jeh johnson said president to direct him to look for a more humane way to enforce Immigration Law here Immigration Law. We will go to karl joining us from chicago, democrats line and democrats line. The republicans do nothing more than talk. The president from the beginning try to argue about following the loss of deportation. It is not about the deportations. Want toervatives do not understand what the real problem is. We have always exploited other peoples labor created that other peoples labor. Other peoples labor. The conservatives dont want to face this. Want, listen to what they they talk about having two types of people here. You cannot have citizens and noncitizens in america. For on the republican line michigan, amy is on the air. Caller thank you for cspan. That itanted to say seems like they could have some a social services or department mexicon resources in where the department of Human Services can communicate, especially bilingual he, with some kind of department of social services in mexico. Get all thed to birth certificates. Just like we have to go on food , i cannot believe all the paperwork when i got laid off my job. Think about getting all that stuff over here and translated i link only and translated ly and do that over computers and have all those birth certificates and what not. And what not hire to them coming over here. It seems like it will be less of a hassle. Host thank you for the call. Jim has this point we will go back to this moment. To this issue of the headline the headline the piece pointing out the extensive piece from the front page and jump page of the Washington Post. Writing about the such steps are unlikely to satisfy advocates demanding dramatic action to help leads of People Living in the u. S. Illegally. John is joining us from florida. There was a story that came out last week that was buried. Pages not on the front of any paper. It was not on the nightly news. Over 36,000 Illegal Migrants were released in 2013. Murders, 400200 rapists, 300 kidnappers. Internaln to say the department of Homeland Security document showed that over immigrantsegal immigrantcuments icts, documents showed 870,000 Illegal Immigrants have been removed from ice dockets despite being in defiance of the law. I hope the washington journal will do at least half an hour on this report that was buried. Thought president obamas policy was to deport the criminals. In this report he is even releasing the criminals. Thank you for your time. Host that is why we are focusing on this issue. Thank you for your call and comment. We are trying to cover all sides. Mike has this point on our twitter page on the senate floor earlier this , had this to say about the latest policy from the administration [video clip] leader reid and senator Chuck Schumer came to the senate floor to demand the house of representatives passed their immigration bill. Republicans as extremists but not giving in to their demands. They are correct about one thing, the house is not giving in. At this point in time the house theefusing to yield to pressure of special Interest Groups and political lobbyists and Senate Democrats to pass a bill that would be bad for america. It just will be bad for america. Once again i think the special interests will lose and the voice of the American People will be heard. Host jeff sessions, who is a critic of the Senate Passed immigration bill, urging his colleagues to hold off on any plan for immigration. We are getting a number of different reports on where house leadership is in potentially drafting an immigration bill. Our question is does the latest deportation policy by the department of Homeland Security impact the house debate . Joe has this point, saying todd is joining us from litchfield, illinois. Welcome to the program. I am all for it importing all for deporting them. Larry from washington dc, you are on the air. Amount is notue something million. Not 17 million. It is 20 million. All over the world you have sending people. You have terrorists and host steve also on the republican line. Caller good morning. Policyppened to the old they had to have a job, they had to have a place to live, they had to have a sponsor, and they had to become an american citizen. Host ryan is on the line from ohio created from ohio. Caller thats about right. People saying these guys are coming over here in our country and are committed felons. Convicted felons. A nation lets the prison doors open. If these people come in and create felonies they dont pay taxes and get all these. Enefits what does that tell the rest of the country . Bill has this point on our twitter page there is this story from the San Jose Mercury news if there is a match i scan then asked local police and sheriffs to detain the person and decide whether to deport them. In 2008ram was started under the Bush Administration and has been expanded. The Current Administration leads to complaints that people are being deported without being convicted of any crime or with only minor offenses. Police and sheriff officials also complained of people are afraid to interact with lawenforcement and report crimes because theyre worried they are going to be deported. States have begun refusing all the tension request that all detention requests. All detentioning bequests. That story is Available Online with some more background on the debate that we are focusing on this morning. We are going to hear from lee in montana. Good morning. Anger there is a lot of this morning. Shooting people coming across the border . I wouldnt do that. 1975 my family i love the mexican people. I used to help a coyote bring people here. They were starving. Over the years i learned that they learned how to game the system, not only them but all the immigrants. I have a deep compassion for these people, really i do. I love them. I have four children that are half mexican. I think we need to slow down and i believe we need to enforce our laws. Host this related tweet says from inside cq weekly, a look at a melbourne debate as Congress Takes up the transportation bill. Heres the story from nathan hearst, who writes from who writes , the president focusing on the Highway Trust Fund in his weekly address. He will travel to tubers town, new york. To cooperstown, new york. Richard joining us from massachusetts as we focus on the question of u. S. Deportation policies and the immigration debate. Good morning. I think they should deport them all. They are elite located if we can put the military on the border of other countries and not our own we need to do that. These people can going to an emergency room and you are not even allowed to ask them if they are illegal or legal. I worked on the Fire Department and i took many of them to the emergency rooms. They are not allowed to ask him if they are in legal not. Host from marie, who says another story related to this debate online at usa today. Com. 36,000 convicted criminals were released for immigration last year. Immigrationor studies says those releases show the Administration Needs to toughen its Immigration Enforcement efforts, not weakening them. Ou can get full Details Online senator harry reid also weighing in on the immigration debate. Heres the senate them aquatic leader. [video clip] the republicancontrolled house of representatives has done absolutely nothing to address our nations problems dealing with our broken immigration system. It is a system that is broken and needs to be fixed. It cannot be fixed on a piecemeal basis. It beats comprehensive reform. To the extremists in the house, the time went by like that. President , inside the Republican Party that may have been the case. Maybe really it is just a snap of the fingers. Outside the capital we are dealing with peoples lives. Those 321 days felt like a lifetime. To American Families forced to live in the shadows, each one of is a date on away from your family. Immigrants have been living in fear for the last 46 weeks. They will have to leave the country they call home. The senate did its work. Months, house0. 5 republicans have twiddled their thumbs. Enough is enough. Created a newid report by the Pew Research Center thomas title q research center, titled Pew Research Center, titled highlight from the department of Homeland Security that focuses on a couple of key areas. First of all there is this from our twitter page we will go to sylvia, joining us from burlington, vermont on our republican line. Caller i think the reason why we cant get the house to pass that bill, boehner is afraid of losing his job. He know that the u. S. Is going brown. The republicans we face now is all old white men. All these angry men who have been calling in today, all republicans. Even recently said that if keep treatings the immigrants the way they have been, they are going to lose not the lack still president ial not only the next president ial election, they will lose the next three. We have people walking our streets with no identification. Is that better than pulling them out of the shadows, saying , welcome tore you the u. S. . It doesnt make sense. Host from Bloomberg News this morning, a story on the ouster of abrasomsome i discussed these issues with jill herself and warned her that unless they were addressed she risks losing the trust of the newsroom. Jillis from the ouster of abramson. A piece in the Washington Post , calls on the issue of immigration and deportation. Independent line, florida, good morning. Good morning. Im sitting here in total dismay about our immigration policy that has come forth in this administration. I think maybe we should have a policy of reciprocity where we have the same laws as mexico or same Immigration Laws as they do in canada. Fellows had two fellows that were veterans chained to his cop in mexico because the local police just picked him up. Our local police cant pick you up. We need reciprocity. Host front page of the l. A. Times, there is a related story from the Financial Times website, reading the Obama Administration could be facing a genuine scandal about its treatment of military shows military officials. Mounting evidence that some of the hostels it runs have been keeping two sets of books to make it look like they have been reducing waiting time to see a doctor paid more than 970 thousand veterans from iraq and afghanistan have filed disability claims, making the total enrolled the a system enrolled v. A. System an excess of 8. 5 million veterans. From pennsylvania, republican line, good morning. Say thei just want to laws are two lakhs with these Illegal Immigrants. Too laxed with these Illegal Immigrants. They dont even know who is in this country. How are you going to pass Immigration Laws when you dont even know who is in the country . Call thank you for your and comment. We will move on to jim from pennsylvania on the independent line. Good morning. Caller good morning, sir. Its nice and sunny here. We hope youre doing well. This immigration thing shouldnt be about the people. Andhould be about the law enforcing the law. There are laws on the books. There are laws there. Wh