This comes after he failed to procure funding from congress. Is this the right step . You can call us on our republican line at 202 5853881. Democratic line at 202 5853880. Independent line at 202 5853882. A special and we set up for Illegal Immigrants at 202 5853883. You can also reach us on social oria at twitter, facebook send us an email. Joining us first to lay out the current state is emma dumain. Thank you so much for waking up with us this morning. Emma . Are you on the line . Caller im here. Thanks for having me on. Host can you start piling out for us what we can expect to see from congress when they come back from recess in september . Caller they only have a few days between the time they get recess to campaign and get ready for the midterm elections in november. They will have some must pass pieces of legislation still on their plate. The continuing resolution to fund the government when current funding expires at the end of september. What is already talk of would happen if obama took executive action on immigration. Trigger aat would Government Shutdown by members who want to counteract those executive orders and a stopgap spending bill. Host what are some of the options the president might be considering in terms of bigticket of action executive action . Caller what we are expecting to it was supposed to be at the end of the summer and now its likely to be in the middle of september mostly orders to deal with curbing the number of deportations of undocumented immigrants. There is a 2012 executive order order that granted states deportation to the people known as dreamers. People brought here legally by their parents. There is pressure on obama to reach to protect the family of those undocumented immigrants as well. And potentially set up some so they have the ability to stay. Host in terms of the about theve concern potential action of the president , how likely is it that there will be a Government Shutdown . Caller there are more republicans now than there were at this time last year who say that shutting down the government was not a politically advisable move. Especially this close to an election here especially within one year of the last one. Last time, we had not seen one in over a decade. There was somewhat of a novelty to it. Ing won within 355 days of it would be easy for democrats to turn the narrative into this republican fault. It would be shocking, but that doesnt mean it cant happen. There are many republicans who are very angry with the president from a very angry with what they are calling executive angry with the president , angry with what theyre calling executive overreach. Part of the package was adding language to stop the expansion of the program. It is all going to depend on how many members want that to happen and what sort of pressure hner and others receive. Host there is debate over how to push this issue. Are those wary of a Government Shutdown, what are the options to them . Is there any likelihood of broader Immigration Reform being taken up . 140 congress, i had the opportunity 114 congress, i to speak tortunity paul ryan and we had a conversation about whether Immigration Reform was a thing. Hat could happen is congress especially given that republicans need to make good with the latino voters. Congressman ryan acknowledged that Immigration Reform is important and he wanted it to happen this year. Acknowledged that there is republican distrust in the president to enforce the law. As long as republicans are leery of the current administration, he is not sure if it can happen. Control iste recaptured by republicans and you have a republican capitol hill, that could make it easier to advance Immigration Reform legislation when both chambers are more on the same page. When they are not worry about worried about getting pressured enate democrats. He said if obama takes executive action, it would poison the law. For yournk you so much insight this morning. I really appreciate it. Taking yourstart phone calls. Our first caller is reggie from indianapolis on the independent line. Good morning. Caller good morning. Is very important and i dont think the president needs to do anything as far as executive action. At least, not at this point. He should have the senate forced this issue him pass the bill. Hey want passed get conservatives or republicans on record voting against or for this. Push it to the house, make the house vote on it. If they refuse , make sure republicans are aware of whats going on. Get the republicans on record and the conservatives, whether ,hey be in the Senate Republican or democrat come on record. Go forward with the next election and try to get some of these people in congress that will work with one another as opposed to this bad reputation. Host what do you think should be done about Illegal Immigrants in this country . Do you think they should be allowed to stay for a period of time or be deported . I believe i dont necessarily know whats going on with that. I know they are not going to ship them back. They are going to have to work out something. In order to do that, theyre going to have to Work Together. If they dont Work Together, it is going to be a lockdown. Roll up theirust sleeves and get in there and Work Together and deal with comprehensive immigration policies. Mike even george w. Bush reposed and wanted like even george w. Bush wanted. Host brad on a republican line. Caller obama can do whatever he wants to with executive action, but in november, everybody knows. They will just undo what he did. Immigration every country has the right to regulate their policy. It is wrong to let them stay. Camped take care of all the rest of the world we cant take care of all the rest of the world. We have to take care of our own first. Scottour next caller is on the independent line calling from new york. My name is scott. Im of the human party. We have to do something. One thing the government could do is they could stop allowing the millions of dollars that are getting sent every week from money gram and Western Union we need to stop these illegals going to walmart and sending money back to their countries. That money does not come back here. It is untaxed. That money is used to pay the coyotes to get them across the border. The Mexican Mafia is the only a damper one put the illegals coming across the border because the hondurans and the venezuelans are all afraid to get caught by the Mexican Mafia crossing the United States border because the Mexican Mafia will stop them and sometimes kill them or send them back home. Host scott arguing for a stronger regulation of financial flows between the u. S. And Central American countries. The New York Times reporting obama may president actually delay his decision on any executive action. Reports er is what president obama had to say on this issue. [video clip] it would have helped if congress had loaded for the supplemental i asked for. They did not. We have to make some executive choices about getting more Immigration Judges down there. That has kept us busy. It has not stopped the process of looking more broadly about how do we get a smarter immigration system in place while we are waiting for congress to act. It continues to be my belief i need to do at least what i can in order to make the system work better. Do affectese timelines and we are going to be working through as systematically as possible to get these done. Have no doubt, in the absence of congressional action, i will do what i can to make sure the system works better. Host should president obama take executive action on immigration . Call us, tweet us, email us. Our next caller is joe from woodstock, georgia. Is that, if hece takes any executive action at all, it should be deportation. We are a nation of laws. I dont think we should allow anyone who is not a citizen of in andted states to come force us to change our laws in order to accommodate them. We have native americans and African Americans who have been pushed to the back of the line simply because these Illegal Immigrants are coming in and taking the jobs they rightly deserve. If we are going to allow them to stay, we are going to end up as california, arizona , where they have taken care of all of these people at the detriment of our educational system and the detriment of our jobs system. It is deplorable whats going on. He needs to take some action to stop the flow. The youre calling on democratic line. You think this is something that might be worth shutting the government down over . Caller i dont think they need to shut the government down. They need to do something to address this issue in order to asp the flow and stop this it relates to trying to force our government to accommodate them. , there are a is lot of democrats im aware of who say if the president does or theyey may not vote may change parties. Host we heard your call, joe. Our next caller is norma from new york. Youre on the independent line. Good morning. Caller good morning. I just wanted to comment on the fact that congress is never going to cooperate with this president. I have lost all hope. At every turn, he cant even wear the right suit. And theyt sneeze wouldnt comment about hes not allowed to sneeze or Something Like that. Its horrible. Could fire that we Congress Whenever they dont work. If you dont do your job in most jobs, you would get fired. Then they have to months off. I would love to have a job like that. I dont do my job all the time and then i can go into months vacation. Apart andis falling they dont care. The only thing they care about is how much money someone is getting or whatever. Even john boehner said he was going to sue the president and wants to sue him because he took executive action and then if they dont do their job and they say he can do it on his own. What is it . One thing or the other. They have made it their business to not work with the president of matter what. Yes, i still vote because im a citizen. When i go to the voting booth and i put in my vote, there is nothing in me that says things are going to change or whatever because these people have said thatthe very beginning their Main Objective was to defeat the president. You have to work with the president. He has tried so hard to put so many people back to work. Twitter, one commentor says another writes our next caller is wanda on the democratic line. Caller i dont think the president should make an executive order. I do believe congress should sit down and do their jobs. I dont understand why the American People are upset or enraged. Be upset about american ipping your jobs away. Them to do otherwise. Its just a distraction come anyways. Host are you worried if the president does make a move that that could harm the chances of democrats winning in top contested states . Caller i worry more about the fact that americans somehow dont mind voting against their own interests. I dont know why they keep who dofor people nothing. They dont just do nothing. They passed tax breaks. They dont tell you how they pay for them. If something has to be done for the working person, we have to know how theyre going to pay for it. Host wanda from illinois. Our next caller is bob on the independent line in el paso, texas. Caller good morning. Just a comment about the Illegal Immigrants that are being shoved across the border by the cartel. This is a health care crisis. Those people are coming from central america, which does not have the basic Health Care Prevention that the United States and even mexico has. And we are spreading them all over the country. The one thing that worries me more is tuberculosis. The drugresistant strains of tuberculosis are very difficult to treat. Host youre in texas. Have you seen an influx of immigrants into your area . Caller i dont know. I dont go there. There is a 15 foot fence between mexico and el paso. We have a great deal of commerce with mexico and people flow back and forth all the time. I dont think they can tell. People that are being shoved across the border or a health care crisis. This is not a legal problem. This is a health problem. I sent a letter to the Surgeon General and the four senators and got no response. Before i sent the letter, i ran it by the pediatrician that took care of my children and he agrees. Host we will leave it there. Alreadyrepublicans are voicing their opposition to any potential action by the president. Theyre calling this unilateral overreached. Er rea here is what marco rubio says the wall street journal also reported this morning that the surge of unaccompanied minors has started to decline. They have a chart showing the number of minors crossing the mayer and the decline from to the first 25 days of august. On thehearing from you question of should president obama take executive action on immigration. Our next caller is on the republican line and he is jim from new castle, delaware. Good morning. Caller good morning. Is part of the system. I hear these people complaining about a donothing congress. Is doing something. Protecting the constitution of the United States, which mr. Obama took a pledge on the holy bible to do. He has to be able to reach out to the people in congress to get compromise and get lost. Laws. Get even the democrats never see this guy. It is important that congress has the power to stop motion. People complain, let the president have his way. If thats not how the system works. You have to have the branches of the Congress Working together to formulate legislation and make laws. You can have the president shoving things through through executive action. It would set such a bad precedent. It throws the country into absolute decay. Host youre on the republican line. Do you feel like this issue is worth potentially shutting down the government for . Think well, i personally im a republican who believes that this guy needs to be impeached if he tries to do Something Like this. Even though that would be very unpopular. He would be violating the constitution by using executive action to do this sort of activity. His tactic seems to be, instead first things first, wait and put things off and then complain that nothing has been done and then he tries to do stuff on his own without the support of the normal procedures of going through congress. He should not do this. He should go and Court Congress and try to get compromise with them that is actually legal. Eugene fromp is locust grove, virginia on the democratic line. Caller good morning. That he should do whatever he can to help the immigration program. As long as its within the confines of the constitution. That someieve gridlock might be ok. But this congress has decided to block everything that he wants to get across. Is notrticular Congress Even following what they themselves normally do in years past. An amazing thing here. A congress that has gone way beyond what is rational for blocking the president. Presents to people that its the president s fault for not getting them to do something when the only thing they offer is what is impossible. Like shutting down obamacare. This is an insult to the president. Im 63. The office of the presidency is something that is supposed to be respected. These days, there is no respect for that office. Our next caller is calling from flint, michigan on the republican line. Im sorry, on the independent line. Arthur, go ahead. Caller i left the republican party. I do believe that the undocumented immigrants do pay taxes. They do not file a 1099 with the irs. Rs do take taxes from those employees. They keep it. Host do you think the president should take unilateral action to deal with this issue . Should wait but he until after the november elections. Host arthur on the independent line. Our next caller is on the republican line. Eric from gilbert, arizona. I am a republican and i do not agree with most of the views of the president. At this point, with the way that , we viewis acting politics as being an active. Ive. Eing inact it would at least show them that heis willing to go as far as can to help at least get something done. Whether i agree with that or not , worry about that later. Another issue i wanted to bring up was the issue of republicans threatening to shut down the government again. In my opinion, that is extremely embarrassing. I could not believe that it was allowed to happen before. Within the last year, they are threatening to do it again. To use the wanting ,hutdown of the government a their paychecks should be the first to cut. I dont believe thats a right. Ay to go about things at all sometimes, it may be necessary, but you never intentionally do it or included that in any negotiation tactic to get your way. Especially when there is election coming up. An election coming up. I have many conservative views and i am in the front lines here in arizona with immigration. As far as all the policies and what we should do, sending them back, keeping some of them here, it is such a complicated issue. All of us that have been listening on the show really dont know exactly what goes into every piece of legislation. I cant sit here and say what the right or wrong way to go about it is. That is for dreamers and young kids that did not have any say. If they want to go to college and better their lives and live the american dream, i think they should be able to do that. At the same time, we cannot for people that are not even citizens of our country. We are already going bankrupt supporting ourselves. Host one of those lawmakers who of been raising the specter Government Shutdown in reaction to any potential executive movement by the president on illegal immigration is steve king. Here is what he had to say on this issue. Next caller comes from indiana on the