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Immigrants are 13.5% of the population. that's the highest figure in more than a sen dry. you may like it. you may dislike it but it's a big deal. steven camerota wrote that new report and he joins us now. the first question is an obvious one. which is no matter where you are on immigration, this is a massive deal. it's changing the country at the most basic level and, yet, i don't ever see this reported anywhere. why is that? >> it's a great question. look, most of this immigration is legal. remember, it's not the weather. it's something we can control. the immigrant population you just ran t...

Now 13.5% of the population, the highest figure in more than a century.is you may like it, you may dislike it, but it's a big deal. the director of research at the center for immigration studies wrote that new report and he joins us now. the first question is an obvious one, no matter where you are in immigration,ra this is a massive deal. it's changing the country at the most basic level, and yet, i don't see this reported anywhere. why? >> most of this immigration is illegal and is not the weather, it iss something we can control. the immigrant population, you just ran through some of the nu...

Order is a core american value which is a core western value. >> yes. >> tucker: what the is message that we send with, say, sanctuary cities or the dreamers. aren't we telling them in the clearest possible terms that when it's politically inexpedient we are ignoring the law. that's the message we are sending newest immigrants you have the right to be here illegally. that's the law and order you hope to inculcate in our immigrant population? >> i don't see it as the left. i'm listening to you because when i hear from the chamber of commerce. when i hear from the sheriff's. >> tucker: they are ...

Between native-born americans -- >> tucker: if we are trying to tell immigrants of law and order is a core american value, what is the message we send with sanctuary cities or their dreamers? aren't we telling them, and the clearest possible terms, that when it's politically inexpedient, we ignore the law? that is the message we are sending to the newest immigrants. you havend a right to be here illegally. that is what the left are selling them every day. that is the law and order you hope to inculcate in our immigrant population? >> i don't see it as the left. what i hear from the chamber of ...

About amnesty and about as steve king called raising other people's babies and the potential menace of large immigrant population in the united states, that can play well in republican primaries. you can get votes if you frighten people. ask jeb bush and marco rubio what happens to republicans seen as soft on immigration. the president now of president trump and steve king and others in congress, you have the football now. you won. you've got it. are you going to be able to score? are you going to be able to put something on the board or are you just going to be satisfied it wasn't the other g...