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Proposing a 28-day extension to fund the government and gotten sweeteners for democrats like an extension of the children's health insurance program for six years or on the other side, you have conservatives who are saying we want a full year of defense funding with a short term funding extension. where do you fall? >> well, at the moment i'm undecided on the whole thing. obviously i serve and have the honor of serving a district that has more military and veterans than anyone in the nation. it's a big deal to make sure we get rid of these caps because we have a huge problem of military readin...

Congress' progress to get this solved. >> reporter: just a few minutes ago senator lindsey graham, who has been working with democrats on an immigration deal that is now stalled, starting urging fellow republicans not to ask for the moon in exchange for a daca fix. >> there was a deal to be had weeks ago. the president's heart is right on this. he wants to be fair to the daca population. he deserves to get money for wall funding. we're not going to get comprehensive on our side just for daca. >> reporter: as of right now though, graham is a no on a short term budget resolution. he said that he...

Do something that we should have done years ago. to the 700,000 young people, some young, some older, we're t not going to leave you behind. i don't know how this movie ends, but you're going to be taken care of. to those who want to begin to fix a broken immigration system, you're going to get something, too. i don't know how we right the ship. dr. king said something pretty poignant about us. he said, we came on different ships, we're all in the same boat now. so here's my hope. that we can find through phase 1 a reasonable down payment on border security, begin to correct some of the proble...

And republicans will work together to do something that we should have done years ago. to the 700,000 young people, some young, some older, we are not going to leave you behind. i don't know how this movie ends, but you're going to be taken care of. to those who wanted again to fix a broken immigration system, you are going to get something, too. i don't know how we right the ship. dr. king said something pretty poignant about us. he said we came on different ships, we're all in the same boat now. so here's my hope. that we can find through phase one a reasonable down payment on border securit...

Has said that. we want to find a permanent solution to the daca population, not a continual three-year renewal period. chris: all right, in the short period of time we have left, i want to ask you about some of the issues that are fazing your department. border apprehensions are down 40% in 2017 which some administration officials have called the trump effect, but in december there was a significant increase out of the border caught more than 40,000 people attempting illegal crossings, why has it gone back up? >> it's a great question and i appreciate you asking because i think it's very impor...