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Problem. conservative republicans aren't as excited but willing to come halfway but want to make sure we fix the border at the same time. i think there is room for compromise on this. >> even though some of your conservative colleagues call it amnesty, you are still in favor of a compromise? >> what i've always said is about a million people come to this country every year. and if there is a million daca children, as long as they take the spot of somebody already coming, why don't we internally immigrant them. in other words, they would count towards the normal immigration totals we have and i...

That we can't have. >> shepard: the president said he will sign daca, protection for the dreamers, hundreds of thousands of people who came into the country with their parents but no documents. this has been highly controversial. many conservatives have called it amnesty. but the president says congress should get it done and he'll sign it. he even suggested do daca and some border security, sign it into law, then start on comprehensive immigration reform in the next hour. mr. president is calling for an end to the visa lottery program and what critics call chain migration, letting immigrants ...

People. so this is an issue where i think if republican lawmakers are listening to their own voters, they would find that there is not nearly as much resistance to doing something on daca as they might be imagining. >> brian, on the president's right flank considers d.r.e.a.m.ers, giving people who have this status any sort of legal status amnesty. they call it amnesty. which is more important to the president, these republican voters of which you speak or the 35 to 40% of them that disagree and consider it amnesty? >> there in lies the problem. because while it's absolutely true that a majori...

And now are you also saying that regardless of whether or not you want to calm it amnesty or a path towards citizenship. the point is d.r.e.a.m.ers very fearful and remain stressed out about this situation are being told by the president and democratic leaders, we will reach an agreement you can stay here, can you work, can you go on. i think his supporters see that as a frustrating thing. a lot of the people see immigrants as their competition, they see these d.r.e.a.m.ers and say they're in the classes i want to take. they're taking the jobs i want. i think in some ways this could be a poten...

Chuck and nancy. today, president trump made one thing clear -- undocumented immigrants brought into the country as children should be allowed to stay. just don't call it amnesty. >> we're not looking at citizenship, we're not looking at amnesty. we're looking at allowing people to stay here. >> reporter: the democrats agreed to more money to beef up border security, but not for the president's signature issue, his border wall. president trump said he still wants that wall. >> ultimately, we have to have the wall. >> reporter: but he also offered this concession. >> the wall will come later. >...