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Wildly opposed to this policy. while it may work for the president's own fortification of his base of support, it is indeed i am perilling the republican house majority. >> that's the point. how much extra baggage he's creating. a midterm re-election is a referendum on the president and his party and he is the party. how much baggage, how unpopular he is and the bet is that this broad stroke argument about standing up to, you know, illegal immigrants, speak to the issue of trade, this is the winning argument. people see the toughness, they see standing up for america and keeping the foreigners...

That they shouldn't subject themselves to this. >> let me tell you something, we have been covering this around the clock about what's happening at the border. if people are tuned in, then they're getting the message but it doesn't seem to be stopping people from showing up at the border. >> well, i hope it changes, but we need to do everything we can to make sure that we have the ability when parents show up with their children to let the children stay with the parents. i have no problem with that. >> yes. here comes the legislation that you're proposing. you would end the diversity visa lott...

David gregory, they can't get their stories straight on why they're doing this new policy and that is telling. the idea that president trump won't take credit for it, the idea that kirstjen nielsen says one thing and jeff sessions says another and john kelly says another, what is that about? >> well, i think it's just another example of how much dysfunction there is in the trump administration. you have figures like kirstjen nielsen and session who have crossed ways with the president and are trying to rehabilitate themselves, they're not coordinating what the policy is. i'm sure they're feeli...

These children separated from their parents but it's been an issue of resolving the issue for the daca recipients for years now and we should not miss the opportunity to address all of these issues in a good bill. it's not a kprif immigration bill. there's plenty more to do with people who are not lawful present in the united states and plenty more to do with regard to enforcement, but this is a good bill that addresses all those areas and takes care of these immediate needs. >> congressman, we will be watching. there's so much more that we wanted to talk to you about and iemgs that we've run ...

Change this country. do you agree with that characterization? >> i have to take a more practical approach. governing is politics and politics is compromised. we already have a wall. we have a wall. we have fence over 700 miles of the 1,900 southern border in places where it makes sense to build a wall. now you could always supplement that. you can always fortify that. you can always do things to strengthen the wall. but we've got to do it in a smart way, in a smart investmen of taxpayer money, along with other things to secure our border an deal with people fairly and humanely. and reckon with...