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Sponsors included 20,000 border security agents and promszed to finish the 700 mile fence. that lured republican senators to the yes column. maybe some more would have voted yes, if they were not stuck on planes with weather troubles. the reality is, three or four more votes probably wouldn't have changed the real split inside the gop on whether or not any kind of path to citizenship should be voted on before they first take the issue of border security off the table. it's something i talked about with steve king, a congressman from iowa. >> republicans voted for it because it's a promise of b...

Colleagues and maybe some more conservative democrats who were sort of towing the line like mary landrieu, now she's signaling she's going to be for it. what you're going to see today is a number of statements that this really does secure the border and there's still some sort of far right conservatives who says it doesn't like jeff sessions but the middle-ground conservatives come to the floor and say this is the best we're going to do. it's giving billions more in new money to build fences, create drones, surveillance along the border and hire 20,000 more border security agents over ten

The republican national committee. and 80% of the public agreeing about the path to citizenship. the key thing to talk about is not amnesty but accountability. a pro is sessions that presents as you said paying back taxes and paying your due and keeping up with the rights and security. border are security is stronger than it has been for 40 years in this country. we are spending $18 billion right now. we have 21,000 border security agents. a different time. we were talking about piece meal. it is a time for path to citizenship. >> chris: karl, you had this sounds familiar you had your run with...

The sequester, the release ef many jailed illegal immigrants, and that has critics saying it's a move that is designed to ril rile folks up and it didn't need to happen. >> this is very hard for me to believe that they can't find cuts elsewhere in their agency. i frankly think this is outrageous. i'm looking for more facts, but i can't believe that they can't find the kind of savings out of that department sort of letting criminals go free. martha: interesting point. brand-new hour starts now of "america's newsroom." good morning, everybody, i'm martha maccallum. bill: i'm bill hemmer. the whi...

Direction. just this past thursday, i was with senator jeff sessions and chuck grassily and we were with border security agents and union representatives. what they had to say from the front line, if you will, was very, very disturbing. basically that, all the push, all the pressure they're getting from their superiors is about who not to arrest who, to let g. that's a big push president is focus right now. >> shannon: we have heard from a number of groups, and agents themselves, saying they are confused because the administration is sending them mixed messages about securing the border, but a...