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So, a major update -- and that's what this is, a merit system and a heart system -- is long overdue. >> lisa: that was president trump unveiling his immigration overall plan yesterday. democrats calling the plan a nonstarter. congresswoman omar sang the u.s. should abolish ice instead. house speaker nancy pelosi criticizing the language of the proposal. listen to this. >> they are seeing families about merit? that most people come to united states in history of our country are without merit? because they don't have an engineering degree?" >> we need to abolish i.c.e. and end all inhumane depor...

Come back and do it when i take back -- when republicans take back the house and senate. so i think he's treating it as one. his campaign is treating it as one. it's really telling they didn't even really speak to democrats beforehand. >> yeah, even the republicans they spoke to weren't too pleased. >> right. we didn't hear a lot from republicans yesterday. we didn't hear a lot of people saying how much they loved it. >> yeah. >> it is a very traditional republican standpoint. changed to merit-based immigration. he didn't do the thing he said he would do which is change immigration numbers in ...

Without merit? are they saying most of the people that have ever come to the united states in the history of our country are without merit because they don't have an engineering degree? let me just say this we have never not said there is a crisis. there is a humanitarian crisis at the border and some of it provoked by out actions taken by the administration. ainsley: did i hear her right? brian: exactly. she has never said there was a crisis at the border. ainsley: she has always called it a crisis. brian: didn't she tell us to mow the lawn and then we would have no more problems. the problem...

Change we make is to increase the proportion of highly skilled immigration from 12% to 57%, and we'd like to even see if we can go higher. this will bring us in line with other countries, and make us globally competitive. >> laura: in other words, a merit-based system is what the white house wants to create. kind of makes sense, doesn't it? versus what we have now. well, it doesn't make sense to nancy. >> i want to just say something about the word that they use merit. it is really a con descending word. are they saying family is without merit? are they saying most of the people who come to th...

>> president trump: the biggest change we make is to increase the proportion of highly skilled immigration from 12% to 57%, and we'd like to even see if we can go higher. this will bring us in line with other countries, and make us globally competitive. >> laura: in other words, a merit-based system is what the white house wants to create. kind of makes sense, doesn't it? versus what we have now. well, it doesn't make sense to nancy. >> i want to just say something about the word that they use, merit. it is really a con descending word. are they saying family is without her it? are they saying...