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Pillars addressing the daca population, making sure that we have a secure border, closing the loopholes that exist when you get across that border, ending the visa lottery and ending those green cards for a merit-based situation that people on the daca plan can utilize. i think it's a very good plan. >> sources on the other side said the president only talked about separation of kids from their families in the context of political optics, not the actual policy. is that accurate and is that acceptable to you? >> no, i think the president said that it was a terrible situation, it's always a terr...

We address it in somewhat different ways in both these bills but both bills address the daca population. the new one creates a new merit based immigration category that both people who are lawfully present in the united states and daca recipients can apply for. the daca recipients can apply for it after they have been in the country for five years. >> and so congressman, while you wait for the votes and to see what happens with legislation, which as we know can take a long time, how about if the president with the stroke of a pen stops the separation and the reason that i say this is because w...

Either? >> the president has always advocated for the bill that i and mike mccaul introduced way back at the beginning of the year, but he came in last night to emphasize how important it is to pass a bill and therefore he indicated that he was 1,000% behind the new consensus bill as well. >> even if it has a pathway for dreamers that as you know some of the more hardline folks in congress are not comfortable with, that you think that this will happen and will get enough votes? >> both of these bills address the daca population. that's one of the important things that came out of the president...

Appreciate it. >> thank you so much. glad to be here. heather: breaking down roughly two bills which president trump has allegedly thrown support behind. the first one, let's talk abcompromise -- about compromise bill? >> provides path to citizenship, true amnesty to 1.8 million aliens in daca population and provides benefits to other minors who were here as children of individual who is have nonimmigrant visas, the goodlatt bill only provides a renewable three-year status, nonimmigrant status for the 690,000 daca recipients in the united states. they each have very similar provisions as they ...

Chance of passing the house in. >> the compromise bill probably has a better chance of passing the house simple you because it provides path to citizenship, amnesty for the daca population. i think that there are a number of republicans who definitely want to make sure that they never have to revisit this issue which they may have to do with the goodlatte, that one probably has a better chance of passing but the goodlatte bill is a better bill. heather: sounds like both bills have a lot of what democrats are looking for and a lot of what in the past say they support, what's the issue now? >> t...