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This. we have 11 million people living in this country illegally. they're here as a result of a failed immigration reform bill that passed in 1986. it failed because it gave amnesty to millions of people in this country already and promised to stop the flow of millions more. it broke that promise, of course, or rather the congress that passed that first immigration bill refused to enforce it. rather, it refused to make it enforceable. it had no teeth. it gave american employers no way of being sure a person looking for a job was the person he or she said they were. that immigration bill was, i...

Border security that would allow more republicans to get on board with the senate plan. just last hour one of the deal's architects, bob corker, took to the senate floor. >> we have an opportunity to do something that america needs, and that is to solve the immigration issue that we have and to also ensure that in doing so we've absolutely secured the border. some people describe this as a border surge and the fact is that we are investing resources and securing our border that have never been invested before. >> border surge. clever. the actual amendment crafted by the gang of eight and hoeve...

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...

Politically, is this going to kill him for the nomination for next time? >> no. other than the 11 million undocumenteds who win by the fact we're going to have a path to citizenship, marco rubio is the next big winner because this is a bill because it's now so tough on border security and because the cbo has said it won't cost us money, it will reduce the deficit, this is a bill that marco rubio can support, take pride in, and he can take that to 95% of the republican electorate. >> as always, smart. >> i think it's a big win, a big win. a big win for marco rubio. >> if it's a bill that works ...

Ourselves at fox news, that is not the case has dozens of migrants continue to wade across the rio grande to get into this country. vice president kamala harris was supposed to be in charge of all this still hasn't had a press conference revisited the border, is focusing on the northern triangle countries of honduras, el salvador, nicaragua in terms of trying to stem the flow -- or guatemala, rather, trying to stem the flow of migrants and coming from 160 different countries. 30% of all families are going to "the new york times" encountered around the border in april hailed from countries othe...