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>> reporter: only 12% of green cards are based on employment and skills, 66% our family ties. the new plan lives that increasing merit to 53%, reducing family to 33%. in the plan border security measures as well, building or wall, upgrading ports of entry and speeding up asylum claims but does not address dac a, temporary work visas or the undocumented population. nancy pelosi is calling it dead on arrival. taking issue with the premise of a merit-based system. >> i want to say something about the word they use. it is a condescending word. they are saying family is without merit? merit in the ...

Merit-based immigration, what is beneficial to america. we live in the united states of america. our government officials are supposed to put our country first and those are the things the people in this country care about and i want to see qualified individuals that could come and influence the country in a positive way, have priority over people showing up at the border and some of which people having false claims -- rob: nancy pelosi seems offended by merit-based immigration. what do you say? >> i'm all for a plan that would work. this plan has no details. the idea of bringing people in tha...

Immigrants and to think we don't believe in merit-based are you kidding me? this country is built on merit-based immigration. this whole notion of the president spinning that he came up with a bold plan that doesn't address anything, he can't get any republicans to support it, not because people don't want to move the country forward. he hasn't led since he has been elected. rob: our legal system is not merit-based but people who come in whoever wants to come in. how is it not true? millions of people we don't know who they are. >> the president's spouse brought her parents hearing what the pr...

Anything about it. >> the president's plan is to secure the border, fix the infrastructure, focus on merit-based and eliminate the loopholes that millions of people are trying to take advantage of and that is appropriate and i cannot find any reason or rational person would have a problem with it and if people on the left or even republicans if you don't like what the president is doing get off your behind and come up with something effective. what have you been doing this all time? >> the president is not doing anything. rob: we have to cut it. we will see what democrats can get out of this a...