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Immigrants living illegal in the united states. of course that is an approximation. these five requirements are as follows. full implementation of a e-verify system. full implementation of entry and exit tracking system for visitors to the united states. building of additional 350 miles of the southern border fence. that would bring the total of number of miles for fencing to 700. new technological infrastructure installed along the border as well for security. here's the final one. the hiring, training, and deploying of an additional 20,000 border agents. they're calling this the border surge...

Close one of the holes, all the water's still going to run out of the bucket. jon: chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel live on capitol hill now. there are all kinds of amendments being offered. what makes this border surge amendment so different, mike? >> reporter: well, jon, there were conversations between the republican senators and key democrats. senator chuck schumer, democrat from new york, who's a member of this bipartisan gang of eight, described a spirited 45-minute phone call the other night with senator john hoeven who is backing this particular amendment. so they negotia...

Thousand trying to get across. the border to brownsville in the east is 1,969 miles long. it's a very inhospitable environment. if you take that distance and stretch it from san diego northward, it goes all the way to chicago across five or six states. if you look at that line, the idea that you're somehow going to prevent 90% of people from trying to get across it is simply never going to work. jenna: we have on our screen for our viewers as well, just to dan's point here. here's the other side of it though. this amendment would bring, the amendment that hoeven and corker are offering, would ...

We need 20,000 more border patrol. how much is it going to cost? that's the question. >> a magic amendment. the amendment that fixes everything that we can just relax and go home and take a good nap because we've got an amendment that's going to fix all the problems in the legislation. well, that's odd because we were told when the bill was announced that it was the toughest legislation ever, and it fixed everything. >> reporter: bottom line, sessions has been a very vocal critic of this immigration reform effort, and any amendment is unlikely to win him over to the overall idea of comprehensi...

Six people who will decide the fate of george zimmerman. a new amendment unveiled in the senate as lawmakers debate immigration reform. it talks about toughening up border security before granting legal status to millions of people living in this country illegally. we'll talk to the sponsors of that amendment. senators corker and hoeven join us live next. and it tastes good? sure does! wow. it's the honey, it makes it taste so... well, would you look at the time... what's the rush? be happy. be healthy.