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This is the barrier that the president wants and acting chief of staff mick mulvaney says that they have told democrats that this is exactly what they want to build. >> and the democrats mind, that is not a wall, they have offered us $1.3 billion to build the barrier that we want, but then they go on tv and say that there is no money for a wall. we have artie told the democrats that we want to build with the president weeded out. >> saying that they gave them a new counter offer this weekend, the white house came down on their price tag and are asking for something between $5 billion in the $1...

Thousands and thousands of people who are legitimately seeking asylum in our country. and the main problem in my view is the zero tolerance policy, which means that they literally, hundreds of thousands of people who are potentially coming across our border in 2018 will all be prosecuted criminally and therefore there is no discretion for u.s. attorneys. aren't they supposed to be going after real criminals? you know, and not going after misdemeanors? because that's what crossing the border illegal lly is. it is a misdemeanor that leads to separating children from their parents. how crazy is t...

You know, and not going after misdemeanors? because that's what crossing the border illegally is. it is a misdemeanor that leads to separating children from their parents. how crazy is this? but it just goes to show the lack of thought and the cruelty of this administration, which continues, by the way. >> and, so, if the democrats were to retake congress, what's the first immigration priority you'd seek to pass? >> end the zero tolerance policy, for one thing. and stop going after minorities in this country. it's not just the immigrants but the muslim ban, for example. i wouldn't want any pre...

More, and president trump needs to you daca leveraging his immigration priority. >> kennedy: if they will have bipartisan immigration reform, both sides will have to give up something. >> harris: what are we inclined to on that particular issue before christmas? >> kennedy: it doesn't belong here. >> harris: that stopgap measure. i was born with gap teeth. i wanted to get that gap out. i'm just wondering if at this point why democrats then are pointing a finger across the aisle at tax reform and how fast it's moving. forgetting how with obamacare that wasn't exactly the most open conversation ...

Residents because of what may be coming down the pike on immigration at the national level. i do have to say that sen essentially what donald trump laid out as his immigration priority is essentially what obama's immigration policy has been, to focus on folks with criminal warrants and criminal detainers and if it gets extended beyond that, to folks who are living otherwise law-abiding lives, that's where we have some of the most terrifying aspects of the campaign rhetoric being actualized, and that's where mayors across the country, we are going to continue to stand up in many different ways ...