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Runs a restaurant in chicago decides who comes here because he offers a guy a job. and it's illegal. when are we going to have a regular system like most countries, a work permit. you come here with dignity, you get a good wage and everything is on the books? can't we get there? >> we have to. there's no question the discussion has to be had. it could have been had in the first couple years of the obama administration and the democrats seem to plame us with not dealing with immigration reform, but they had the congress, they could have dealt with it. it's got to be an issue we get to because t...

First couple years of the obama administration and the democrats seem to blame us with not dealing with immigration reform, but they had the congress, they could have dealt with it. it's got to be an issue we get to because there are too many people in this country who could be productive citizens or productive workers, if you will -- >> if you ask one party to do it without the other party helping, you know how it works. one party has to give cover to the other party, if you're going to have a tough enforcement provision, republicans have to carry the load, and obama, he has to sell it. he ha...

I was there recently. no conversations at all about tpp and human rights in mexico. i saw the pictures of 43 dead young men on reforma and people demanding to know what's happening to them. human rights is worse than ever in mexico and telling some secret trade deal is going to improve it. it doesn't work whether it's in the united states, mexico vietnam, or any of the other nations. >> so, laurie how do you see this enforcement provision that would be any different? >> ed the problem is not just hasn't the obama administration not enforced but a question about enforceability. so as you've p...

Is this, you know, reason for a lot of people to celebrate, feel optimistic? >> reporter: i think a lot of people are going to say it's an important step, of course, fredricka. on the other hand, we're already hearing reaction in washington, d.c., that gets to the heart of the matter, and that is the question of enforcement. there's no enforcement provision in this agreement, which would allow the u.n. to send in forces in the event the al assad regime doesn't comply with the framework. there's no comment on this from the white house, on this big news out of geneva. they're pointing to secreta...

Bill: it sounds like you can change your mind in the q & a. you are a former immigration attorney. the reporting suggests you will break up immigration reform and run through a series of mini bills to work through graham legislation. if you get your way, what is the first bill you would push for, sir? >> we are not wasting any time on that either. we are going to take up an enforcement provision in the house judiciary committee today. it addresses the interior portion. about 35%, 40% of people who are unlawfully present in the united states entered lawfully on visitors visas, and simply the ov...