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Welcome back to "hardball." of course, border surge, that's what the senators are calling a new border security plan authorized by republicans bob corker of tennessee and john hoeven of north dakota. it's being hailed as the grand bargain, the big compromise just agreed to, or almost anyway. it's already being blessed by the gang of eight, and it's attracting conservative voices on the issue like senator mark kirk, a republican from illinois who was considered one of the bill's biggest critics. what's in the surge? let's take a look right now. it would double the size of the border patrol alon...

Now let's get some perspective from two of the key players on that side of the immigration debate. s744, the senate bill that is the gang of eight compromise on comprehensive immigration reform, is seeing the biggest pushback from conservatives on three main points. border security, the cost of pathway to citizenship, and future immigration. first, border security. proponents point to security hurdles or triggers the bill requires before the rest can be implemented. senator marco rubio, the bill's most vocal conservative advocate, concedes the border security hurdle could be the tallest. >> th...

Exit tracking system. that's better than what we have in place right now. if we can't get those things done, what stays in place is what we have now and how is that good for us? >> why don't we start at the beginning and walk through what a registered provision immigrant is. if this bill passes, what happens on day one? then we have a series of triggers before somebody could even apply for a green card. >> that's right. >> explain what the triggers are so that we don't have a third wave of illegal immigrants, another, quote, amnesty debate discussion in the country. >> that's exactly right. i ...

40% of illegal immigrants are people that came legally and overstayed. all three have to work together and all three have to happen. >> chris: go back to the border as an example. you say it is a trigger 90% apprehension rate has to be certified by the department of homeland security before the 11 million illegals and this would be a decade from now could begin to apply for green cards but the democrats on your group your gang of eight including dick durbin will be on in the next segment say it is not a trigger, just a goal that they have to be working towards. is it a tricker that has to be m...

Exit entry tracking system. 40% of illegal immigrants are people that came legally and overstayed. all three have to work together and all three have to happen. >> chris: go back to the border as an example. you say it is a trigger 90% apprehension rate has to be certified by the department of homeland security before the 11 million illegals and this would be a decade from now could begin to apply for green cards but the democrats on your group your gang of eight including dick durbin will be on in the next segment say it is not a trigger, just a goal that they have to be working towards. is i...