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Agriculture secretary perdue and had some really informative discussions with farmers withal culture interests in the state. we're not on vacation. we really are working. again i continue discussions on health care with my colleagues even though we're not in d.c. >> let's talk about these farmser. president trump is throwing his weight behind immigration that would cut legal immigration in half over the next decade. you have noted that dairy farmers in the great state of wisconsin rely on immigrant workers as currently written, would you vote no on this immigration bill? >> what i'm hoping is ...

Growth. we know that there are already worker short ands in some industries. how is your texas district responding to this plan? >> oh, it would affect us -- it would have a certain effect. we have a lot of agriculture in my district that relies on immigrant workers. and i believe that in texas we hire you know some of the best engineers at our chemical plants that immigrate from across the world all the way down to, you know, local hard working people that are harvesting what we eat every day in honor -- at our american tables. these are issues that we should have legitimacy when we talk abou...

The debate. let me check in on my twitter and facebook beiges. what do we got, u.s. economic growth is limited by the lack of adequate workforce. u.s. needs new immigrant workers. you know kent morlan, i'll say this, i have found that the risk taking amplified by those coming to the country to be here are the same skill sets that make for good entrepreneurs. my belief is that we always need a steady stream of immigration and people need to play by the rules. of wall street and companies raking in but working people still in the same boat, smerconish. colleen, you make a good point. fewer ameri...

To get the people contribute the most. i don't like the idea of cutting the immigration numbers, we will need more immigrant workers. >> to fill those jobs, fewer workers means less growth, less productivity and those are numbers this administration is not going to like. the austin -- >> i would -- go ahead. >> the labor force and the fop lation growth in the united states of native-born people here, look exactly like western europe and japan, which is to say we're having low birth rates, we're having a demographic crisis. the almost all the labor force growth has come directly or indirectly f...

Oversight hearing because the abuses are reprehensible. >>. >> yeah. the other thing that stood out for me, which is again, if you look at kind of political strategy and feeding that base -- and i remind people that i do not represent npr. they distribute my show, but this is me, is the discussion around people of color and them being the primary victims of this notion that immigrants are coming in with green cards, and this whole notion that steve miller has which is where are you coming from. but the fact that they're saying we are here to protect you, african american worker, you latino son...