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I've been one of the first co-sponsors of the d.r.e.a.m. act. as i said earlier, the gang of eight immigration bill we passed earlier had a great d.r.e.a.m. act, but it also had border security. and i think it's recognition that unfortunately the republicans have a majority in the house, the republicans have a majority in the senate, and we have a republican president who doesn't seem to appreciate the contribution that immigrants make to this country. and i think the agreement that lindsey graham and dick durbin and the rest of us have reached is a principled compromise, and i hope people wil...

Democrats aren't interested in border security is demonstrably false, and we should just stop talking about it and get on with it. >> a lot of democrats simply want to say, you know what, don't try to compromise, this should be a clean d.r.e.a.m. act, nothing else. let me play a few clips on that. >> what i was glad to see is that we are moving forward on getting a clean d.r.e.a.m. act. >> we need to pass a clean d.r.e.a.m. act. >> if you are a democrat who doesn't like a clean d.r.e.a.m. act, you're going to have some problems. and don't count on me to protect you. you're on your own with tha...

Generation to decide whether we're going to destroy those mechanisms, whether we're going to have unprincipled disagreements in washington that actually don't advance the interests of the american people or the interests of this republic or establish us as the example that we've set over generations, making that republic more democratic over time, when we're in a world filled with sectarian violence, people can't get along with each other, whether we're going to set that example. america needs to be that example. so i'm not apocalyptic about it, but we have to take our obligations as citizens ...

Sort of queen saltiness coming out, and then i think people misinterpreted he's a racist. but i can tell you that when i went to haiti and was doing a medical mission trip, he was very concerned about those in haiti and wanted to help them restore their vision. >> i want to ask where you are on the various compromises that are out there. i'll put up a quick graphic. there's a difference between the compromise bill in the senate, lindsey graham and dick durbin presented the compromise there. on the left, additional money for border security, d.r.e.a.m.ers and their parents, they would be protec...

Also our commitment to the rule of law. and both of those things are at work in this compromise we've made in the senate around immigration. >> you said these are trying times and you worry we won't recover. i mean, that's -- i don't want to say that's apocalyptic, too strong a description, but that's pretty demoralizing and so i guess the question is, you're an elected official, what's your obligation to do something about this? >> well, i think -- i think every elected official and frankly every american has an obligation to do something about this. we are a nation of immigrants. we are comm...