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>> let me just tell you, my experience with the immigration system goes back to the '40s and '50s. my father was an undocumented worker. he also came to work in the u.s. as a guest worker during the brasero program. and he told us about the abuses of both of these systems and how the human dignity gets sacrificed to this system. so this forms my opinion about why we need to change this system. and the problem that i have with the conversation with the border is that it really is not focusing on how we have a system that actually works. for example, 40% of the undocumented did not come through ...

To come together. you've seen so much bipartisanship. senator schumer is leading a group that senator flake is part of. i think we can get this done. >> jeff, can the president drag the unions along to get them supporting real immigration reform? >> remember, in the last four years, we haven't had a comprehensive plan put forward because the unions don't want guest worker plan or temporary -- >> why not? they just don't want more workers in the workplace? >> i believe on the high-tech side, there's some in my party that say let's not have any new. >> thank god we didn't have that in world war ...

Rubio for trying to find a way particularly to address issues with children who are caught up in some of the immigration debate. andrea, until we secure the borders and we actually find ways to enforce the current laws that are on the books with an understaffed and underfunded ice, immigrations and customs enforcement agency, i think it's hard to get to the final step, and that is pathways to citizenship, and i think all these things are part of a solution. look, i favor vastly more legal immigration. what we don't want is more illegal immigration, and neither do people that are here lawfully ...

Are mostly hispanic and senator rubio wants, quote, guest worker visas for unskilled labor and stands behind employers doing background checks on workers and tough border policies. rubio wants to make it easier for those with skills, engineers and tech savvy immigrants, the president wants a pathway for citizenship here and vowed to help the children of illegal immigrants who are already here. >> these are young people studying in our schools, they play in our neighborhoods, they're friends with our kids, they pledge allegiance to our flag. they are americans in their hearts, in their minds, i...

That is a bad idea. martha: do you think there is an economic reason behind this? we've heard a lot of stories about farming in california, the fruits, the vegetables, the corn is not getting picked because they don't have enough time who want those jobs to come in and do it. is this a way to help out those farmers? >> this is the problem with our federal government and the inaction is we don't have a solution, that in the absence of dealing with this issue, without having a legitimate guessworker program, that we are seeing disp disparate enforcement. and this is where washington lacks leader...