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Foreign secretary. among immigrant groups, where do refugees stand on the vetting scale? >> thanks, michael. refugees are among the group that have the hardest job of getting to the united states. the average is 12 to 18 months of vetting by 12 to 15 different government agencies, including the cia. there is proper biometric testing so that people have to show that they are who they say they are, and all of the power resides with the united states. this country can choose which refugees it wants to take. as you said in your introduction, the number from syria has been very small indeed, just a...

Blind eye to the value of that relationship, and you were favoring the arabs essentially over the jews. >> no, absolutely not. as a matter of fact, i was talking to a group of people who asked me how they could look at the jewish community as a model for political empower plnt. in fact, i've been to israel seven times, voted for bilateral aid to israel to the tune of $27 billion. and i have supported israel's u.s. joint defense pact over time and i'll tell you this, there's a lot of people around the world and around our country who look to the jewish community as a community that has used thi...

Are you referring to the idea and these reports that are out here and perhaps even these raids could be stopped in time, or are the raids more the trial balloon and once they go through with them, then that's when you expect there to be more reaction? >> well, i think they are testing whether they should go ahead with these raids which would possibly happen early in the year and if they get a negative reaction from the hispanic community, from the immigrant groups, from the congress, then it won't happen. but this is christmas. i just heard that report about the weather in texas, where some of...

Be fantastic. you're doing great job. i think this show got better by about 2 billion percent. >> you think you're this terrific person. you think you're this. you think you're that. >> trump's a racist. >> it's larry david. what are you doing? >> i heard if i yelled that they would give me $5,000. >> now as always, trump's appearance was surrounded by controversy. that's what larry david was references there. there were protesters led by immigrant groups. let's have some serious analysis of last night's silly show. bill carter knows snl better than anyone. his most recent book.

Inmate wanted for deportation is to be released. i.c.e. also says its primary focus now is on deporting convicted felons and repeat offenders. the issue sparked national outrage this summer when two california women were killed and cases allegedly involving two undocumented immigrants with multiple arrest records. still, many authorities don't like the new i.c.e. notification plan. some fearing it will erode support for police in immigrant communities. >> this lack of trust and lack of cooperation has been building for years. >> reporter: recently immigrant advocates protested outside i.c.e. h...