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>> [question inaudible] >> thank you very much. >> charles: a.b. -- all right. a.b., you still with us? >> yep. >> charles: we've just got the tail end of that. president trump talking about the need for workers. even though in the state of the union he talked about immigration, legal immigration, it's unfortunate that so many people, particularly in the media, conflate illegal and legal immigration. your thoughts on this, border wall fight and the thoughts of capitol hill resolving this issue altogether. >> the president indicated in the state of the union he was willing to increase the numbe...

Cheer and say yes, proper merit-based immigration. the other part of it, the legalization, people will say fine but it never happens and you never get the border security component. what is your response to that criticism? >> when you have seen bipartisan immigration deals in the past, they haven't been truly bipartisan. they have been fake bipartisan. they've been an alliance between people who want cheap labor and guestworkers and people who want amnesty, rather than those who want to deal with folks who have been in the country for a long time unlawfully with those who want control and want...

Cheer and say yes, proper merit-based immigration. the other part of it, the legalization, people will say fine but it never happens and you never get the border security component. what is your response to that criticism? >> when you have seen bipartisan immigration deals in the past, they haven't been truly bipartisan. they have been fake bipartisan. they've been an alliance between people who want cheap labor and guestworkers and people who want amnesty, rather than those who want to deal with folks who have been in the country for a long time unlawfully with those who want control and want...

Seeking and anyone who would be apprehended for a crime would be separated from their children. past administrations have not taken that view. the president has said this is a democrat's law. s not. he does have some room to argue that democrats have blocked attempts to change immigration laws, including the program for dreamers, daca, so there has been a lot of tension between the parties. democrats have n voted in support of previous attempts for that for their own reasons and the hard line republicans who don't want to see an opportunity for legal status or citizenship for that separate gro...

I'm confident we can bring a bipartisan solution to the floor that can get signed into law and solve this problem. we want a daca solution. i'm confident we can get there. by the way, getting this budget agreement done allows us to shift our focus on the next big priority. >> dana: michael hameehan forme chief of staff for senator cantwell and josh holmes is a former chief of staff to mitch mcconnell. thanks for being here. you both have been down this road before. i'm going to ask you to prognasticate. do you think there will actually be a big debate leading to a solution in this congress? >>...