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>> everybody wants to come to the united states and frankly the united states can be choosey about who it admits. >> the reports shows in 2016, 1.8 million legal and illegal immigrants settled in the u.s. >> what should legal immigration look like? i will make a prediction. in 5 or 6 weeks, we will have to deal with thatsa you start to face the daca expiration. >> more guest workers and foreign students. a surge in central-american women and children. for the first time spouses of the visa holders were allowed to work encouraging those overseas to join new immigrants already

In about five or six weeks, we're going to have to deal with that as you start to face the daca expiration. >> reasons cited by the report for the jump in president obama's last year, more guest workers and foreign students. virtually no interior or work site enforcement, a surge in american men and women and for the first time, spouses of visa holders were allowed to work. encouraging those over seas to join new immigrants already here. >> family immigration is a huge multiplier effect. 70% of all immigrants according to the white house in the last decade have entered through family-based vis...

Interior enforcement or work site enforcement. the border saw the surge of central american women, children and families. it was driven by more guest workers and more foreign students and a change that allowed the spouses of visa holders to work that encouraged more relatives to join green card holder here in the u.s. >> julie: and so where are these immigrants coming from? will the numbers shape the political debate? that's the question. >> sure. the high levels of immigration create winners and losers. winners include owners of businesses who get more cheap labor. losers could include taxpay...

Well, president trump has made reforming our nation's immigration system a top priority. that push comes as we learn 2016 was a record year with an estimated 1.8 million immigrants entering the country both legally and illegally. we're live in los angeles with more on this. hi, william. >> heather, the numbers are important. they'll help shape this debate in washington as democrats push to legalize dreamers and the administration wants to end chain migration. according to this new analysis of census numbers the u.s. is seeing a surge of new immigrants. 1.8 million for 2016. highest in u.s. his...

And we talk about north korea as the hermit kingdom by most standards it is a very isolated country. but what you are describing is a country where they still have some ability to get other currency and other money from other places. it's not entirely sealed off and these sanctions move a little bit closer to sealing them off? >> right. that's right. so north korea, it is -- it's relatively isolated, of course. but they are still very much able to continue raising and moving funds, pursuing trade, accessing the international financial system, posing risks to everybody. and that's mainly throug...