Cannot Havea Path News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

A like what he's saying. he's holding on to that. on this particular issue, not suggesting the whole agenda will go this way, but on the dreamers. it's an 80/20 issue. ma jompty of republicans are for this. majority of democrats. something he can do. the big question you mentioned to your previous guest, will this be a path to citizenship or a way of becoming legal in the country? i think it will be the latter. >> ask you about that, jonathan. if nancy pelosi looks at this and donald trump draw as line in the sand saying there can't be a path to citizenship. legal status, fine. permanent resid...

>> we haven't seen all the details but it looks like the bake parameters are, you guys want permanent protection for daca people. trump says i'll give you that. i want more money for border security. no wall. is that a good deal? >> it could be. we're going to have to see the details. certainly, the parameters you just laid out are the parameters for a deal. to fix the problem donald trump created. let's remember, this isn't an issue that came out of the skies. he dismantled the program through executive order president obama put in place and now we have to fix his mess. that's what we're tryi...

My question to you is, could you live with permanent legal status? >> i think, you know -- we call these 800,000 young people dreamers for a reason. they dream of being americans. they grew up here. they came here as little kids through no fault of their own. they are american. i've met with them. i've had dinner with them. they're wonderful, young people who want to make a contribution and be americans. so there has to be a path to citizenship or, frankly, we quash that dream, dreamers dream of. >> and if the final deal that's offered to you. if nancy pelosi, the democrats talk to trump, go b...

Welfare and i'm fine with that. the dream sact more direct. >> you don't think that's amnesty? >> i don't think this is amnesty. again, we're talking about the kids. they did not break the law. they're parents ca their parents, undocumented a whole different game. we've never going to grant citizenship to the adults. i don't think they're looking for it. they, too, want legal work status, an issue to face going forward with the 10-plus million undocumented workers. face it. these kids did not break the law. again, i'm actually fine with a path to citizenship, but certainly there are those repu...

Going to be involved in this, do you understand that that would include a pathway to citizenship for these folks? >> that's in the dream act. it's a long path and it's like a 15-year path, so it's an earned path but a long road. >> already you can see some potential deal breakers emerging here. both sides are not on the same page when it comes that that issue of a a pathway to sin stepnor what a border security package might look like. i'm joined by republican congressman chris collins of new york. of course, the first member of congress to endorse donald trump back when he was a candidate. al...