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>> reporter: and you heard the president there lay out the sort of two prongs of this immigration proposal. the more meaty prong, if you will, is the one that is shifting to a merit-based system. as you explained, that would prior ties educated and high-skilled workers. that is another reason, in part, why democrats are opposed to this. it's not just because this plan does not address the 11 million people living in this country already illegally. it's not because this plan does not address so-called draereame people protected under daca. it's also because this plan talks about merit. and you ...

Would come to the united states in the history of our country are without merit because they don't have an engineering degree? certainly, we want to attract the best to our country, and that includes many people there many parts of society. >> dana: i imagine the president is going to have to convince people to put aside their thinking. i was thinking about my great grandparents in the 1880s. they would have never made the cut with this system. is he going to try to convince people that it's time to change. >> it's important to understand that the current system is unbalanced. see, the only wa...

Our country are without merit? because they do not have an engineering degree? >> dana: jesse, the president's team saying that this is a common sense, balanced plan, and it should unite the republican party. >> jesse: i will use liberal comments to convince juan that it is a good idea. similar to college admissions, you are always saying, they keep on admitting all of these people with family connections, some uncle went there, some grandfather went there, that's how the kid got in. they should admit more people from diverse backgrounds. that's what this is. you talk about the term economy th...

And political move. my point is it's not just about the issue of daca and dreamers. there's also fundamental opposition when you talk, for example, with speaker pelosi to this idea that it is a shift to a merit-based immigration system, right, and the question of what is merit-based? does that mean only immigrants with an engineering degree should be welcome in america? the argument being that's not what this country is founded on. those are not the ideals of the united states so you're seeing deep-seeded opposition to this sort of political movement here that the support about to give the spe...

Genius, we discriminate against brilliance. we won't anymore, once we get this passed, and we hope to get it passed as soon as possible. >> john: democrats agree the current system of illegal immigration is broken, but just the words merit-based come with they find offensive. >> it is really a condescending word and they say family is without merit. are they saying people that come to the united states in the history of our country are without merit because they don't have an engineering degree? >> neither donald trump's grandfather nor my father would be able to come to america under this pro...