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The borders or reform the immigration system. you had folks hiring folks and no workplace enforcement and that basically enabled a situation where we had droves of people coming across the border creating this -- >> it's like we're in this vicious cycle. is the biggest criticism that the two sides can't find a middle ground on such an important issue and as we talk about what happened in 1986, here we are in 2011 where border security has never been more important? why can't we find common ground? maria? >> because the gop is not willing to. look at what danny just said in terms of president b...

Consider themselves to be democrats and yet only 38% find the party very welcoming to them. can you explain the political ambivalence that we're seeing and what role that may play in any real reform? >> sure. absolutely. they feel the same frustration that americans across the border feel and that president obama feels every day that immigration reform doesn't get done. the reason that people are skeptical is they understand the realities in washington and you can't get this done as a single party. where are the republicans talking about this? they are not here. they do not want to work with p...

Afghanistan war to be made public. the website wikileaks is planning to release the rest of the secret papers it has on file. the pentagon warns their exposure would be even more damaging to the military than what was previously published. president obama signs a bill to strengthen the nation's border security today. it provides $600 million to fortify the mexican border. that money will put more border patrol and customs and immigration officials on duty. it will be final approval in a special session. it was the second time the senate was called to a special session in august since 1970. ...

Would help to do with border security today, she didn't have a great answer. what in that bill would improve border security? >> it's another tool in our tool box trying to address the issues we're facing here. >> you concede it wouldn't do much along the boarder? >> i'm not quite sure about that. well, not along the border. i think it would help in telling people that it is illegal to come into the state of arizona, which it already is but it's just not being enforced. if they knew the states themselves were going to enforce it, that certainly would maybe give people pause before they came ru...

Pushing border security as a top priority. >> i will not -- and i know you will not accept the notion that border security is the responsibility of the border states. >> jamie: according to a recent poll, the majority of americans disagree with the president. >> frankly i think he kind of missed the point. we are dealing with illegal aliens, people who broke the law to get here. if i break the law i get arrested. >> jamie: more than half the voters think the federal government should secure the country's borders before working on new immigration legislation. while 30% think the legislation sho...