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People here today, the heads of every company, so that you can hire people on a merit base. you know they' coming in. they're people who came on merit, not based on a lottery or not people that snuck across the border. they could be murderers and thieves and so much else. so we want a safe country. and it starts with the borders. and that's the way it is. now i'd like to -- [ applause ] >> thank you. thank you. again, we can do this very quickly if the democrats come together. everybody wants to do it. we want to do it more than they do. if they come to the table instead of playing politics, w...

Been trying to do for the last 25 years to structurally change the way we do immigration and make it more merit base rather than random and also get the border secure because the threats as i get briefed by the secretary and ice director, terrorists is real. heather: four pillars for immigration reform, path to citizenship for dreamers, a fully-funded border wall and end to visa lottery program and end to chain migration. >> in the meantime five illegal immigrants killed in a crash trying to outrun border patrol agents, jeff paul brings us latest on high-speed chase that happened in texas. >> ...

The people, grumen, all of the people here today, the heads of every company, so that you can hire people on a merit base. you know they're coming in, they're people that came on merit, not based on a lottery or people that snuck across the border. and they could be murderers and thieves, and so much else. so we want a safe country, and it starts with the boarders. and that's the way it is. now i would like to -- [ applause ] thank you. >> joining us now is jacob soberov. let's do a quick fact check. it is not the democrats, it's not congress. this is an enforcement action which the obama and ...

Remember what we are dealing with here. we are on the verge of having a discharge petition that was going to turn the floor over to nancy pelosi to deal with immigration. brian: i hear you. >> we are in a very good place about moving forward. brian: did you talk to the president. did you talk to senate leadership to see if this thing is going to get through if you get it through? >> well, you know, in the senate have you schumer over there who needs 60 votes for everything. he is trying to stop appointment and everything else. i don't know what the democrats are going to do here. here is an op...

Resolution. >> >> i don't want to reduce it legally. >> the plan they put it out would reduce by 40% and not shift toward merit base. just reduce legal permanent residents and sponsor family members. >> i want them to sponsor their spouses and mine or children. but the idea that one immigrant gets here and by the way sometimes gets here because of lottery, which is insanity. one person gets here and suddenly the whole village is here. that's insanity. it doesn't make sense. it doesn't make sense for our national security. by the way, the -- >> that is not reality -- >> hey, finish your thought...