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Border security issue is duly addressed? >> well, i thought in the legislation that we have -- the senate has before it, it's addressed and addressed robustly with money, with timelines -- >> the six-month timeline you're referring to? >> yes. with the ability to enhance security that is already the highest in u.s. history. >> i want to stop you there. it's already the highest in u.s. history. so is this discussion about more border security just smoke and mirrors? if we are, in fact, at the highest level we've ever been, what more can you do? >> i don't know -- you know, i think we're talking...

Particularly benghazi and the irs. we need clear, verifiable metrics that the border is secure. lord knows the republican party needs to bring hispanics into the club because essentially by 2043, this is going to be a minority-majority nation and there is no way the republican water can win with the white vote alone. >> julie, can i answer that? >> julie: go ahead. >> yeah, the fact the border security issue is a red herring. the fact is that crime along the border has gone down. it's at historic lows. if you look at the number of deportations of those with a criminal record under obama, it's ...

But there is way to address it without saying this calls into question the overall scheme of immigration reform and how to treat people with asylum. martha: i agree but i think the border security issue as you rightly point out was front and center before the boston issue and asylum issue are very much connected. mary catherine, maybe what we have here is bloated bureaucracy who gets in and who gets out and how large the agencies are and how completely inefficient in some ways they appear to be, maybe that is a very right thing to handle in this immigration bill? >> that is the number one obst...

I think that part of what the frustration you saw yesterday was the sense that there are stories-- i saw three stories today about things that are getting cut out in local communities because the quest and it could be that there isn't this sense that things have really changed and there's frustration, right? but the idea that there isn't going to be pain when we cut 85 million dollars out of the budget and that things won't really be felt is itself kind of a silly argument. of course it will and that's the whole point. the whole point. >> no question that, yeah, i mean, of course there have be...

All this. how do you secure the border and make it more secure? >> i think one thing to remember, the senators, including senator sessions who sent this letter are not exactly known as being super excited about immigration reform. that is sort of where they are coming from. from what i've heard they are including this trigger idea that was rubio's idea, that you won't be able to actually apply for citizenship until there was some sort of certification that the border was secure. so, you know, if that is in fact included then i'm not sure what more people would want. i mean that clearly is what...