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Started knocking on doors. i want to be ted sorenson, a writer. i ended up writing speeches for the president. it took a while. and i think, it really got me out of my -- my grandmother, with an irish accent, the protestant in the family, presbyterian, like mrs. doubtfire. grew up with that. she came up. used to stare men the eye. it was africa wasn't it. eerie old world thing. the great thing about the peace corps like being an immigrant. the immigrant experience. go to a different culture. have to live and fit in two years. you get a sense of what it is look to come here from europe. interes...

Opportunity to show our skills. >> we come here for a better life, and we work hard for it. i think we all deserve it. and i think it's time that we are heard and a better future and a better opportunity is given to all of us. >> this is what this country is built on. the foundation of this country is the immigrant experience. and today's vote is the first step in giving them a chance at the american dream. joining me now, senator robert menendez, democrat from new jersey and a member of the gang of eight who sponsored the senate immigration bill. senator menendez, thank you for being with us ...

The immigrant experience is one of upward mobility. if that is not what we are in the country we lost the essence of what our country is all about. let me say this about the point you made. not only these ten and a half years these folks will not qualify formy federal benefits. not only have to be able to survive in the country for ten and a half years for federal benefits to be renewed on the temporary status have to be proved they are gainfully employed and paying taxes. thiif they can't prove that thy can't even be reauthorized. >> amy krame fresh the tea party. >> the republicans have cont...

Contender, jeb bush. >> looking for how do we create a legal system where young aspirational people of varying skills and to our country, learn our language, embrace our values and pursue their dreams with a vengeance. that ought to be the aspirati aspirational goal of the united states, and you don't have to be a visionary to understand what the benefits of that are because it is who we are. it's embedded in our dna. the american experience is the immigrant experience. it's what separates us from the rest of the world. it's what makes us truly extraordinary and exceptional, and it's not the t...

States, and you don't have to be a visionary to understand what the benefits of that are because it is who we are. it's embedded in our dna. the american experience is the immigrant experience. it's what separates us from the rest of the world. it's what makes us truly extraordinary and exceptional, and it's not the time to be abandoning it. >> the clinton and bush dallas speeches today came on the eve of the dedication of the george w. bush presidential library and museum tomorrow in dallas. here's what the former president had to say about hillary clinton and his brother may be running in 20...