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In half over the next decade. the president arguing it will protect the jobs of people already here. >> among those hit the hardest in recent years have been immigrants and very importantly minority workers competing for jobs against brand new arrivals. and it has not been fair to our people, to our citizens, to our workers. >> let's bring in bruce goldstein, president of the advocacy group farm worker justice, and maria, you heard what the president had to say. he's trying to protect workers. >> the fact that it's called merit based, this is very much an elitist immigration policy. he's not s...

Go to the roosevelt room. the president is there. represent the most comprehensive reform to our immigration system in half a century. i want to thank senators tom cotton and david perdue for their tremendous work in putting together this historic and very vital proposal. as a candidate, i campaigned on creating a merit based immigration system that protects u.s. workers and taxpayers and that is why we're here today, merit based. the raise act, the raise act will reduce poverty and increase wages and save taxpayers billions and billions of dollars. it will do this by changing the way the unit...

Against china. here at home, the president also making a major announcement on immigration. mr. trump showing his support for a bill meant to curb illegal immigration and fix a broken green card system. >> as a candidate i campaigned on creating a merit based immigration system. that protects u.s. workers and taxpayers and that is why we are here today, merit based. >> molly: all of this as a fox news exclusive and the military program for immigrants has been compromised by what has been described as "foreign infiltration." >> jon: we have live coverage on that pentagon investigation. we began...

>> well, exactly. >> you're sounding like harold ford now. >> i'm not mentioning anything about saudi arabia. >> we should require many from the teachers who are asking for more. and there's a great argument here for merit-based. but howard and reverend al, i'd like you to respond. i think your point is that if you blame the teachers completely, kids come and they're incapable of keeping up and the whole system is being pulled down, it's unfair to put it squarely on the teachers. i think sometimes that's where it gets emotional. where they feel like they're not being understood. reverend? >> w...

The most before the vote on the healthcare bill. cap and trade was difficult for democrats because the president acknowledged it would cause energy price to say skyrocket. healthcare law is controversial today with a majority in polls continuing to oppose it. on the websites, lawmakers didn't advertise their votes but touted money they got for various local projects. >> as a way to counteract the negative sentiment these were attempts to make sure constituents knew they were bringing money home. >> the white house said nothing was amiss. >> the president's opposition to earmarks is well-known ...