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Have children who are highly successful and that's why the points system is they're go having to a tough time pushing through congress. >> what happened? >> right. i essentially asked what about the statue of liberty and read to him what is inscribed on the statue of liberty. >> what you're proposing or the president's proposing does not sound like it's in keeping with american tradition with immigration. "give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses." it doesn't say anything about speaking english or be a computer programmer. aren't you trying to change what it means to be an immigrant ...

It is absolutely racist to award a point system. i'd like to award points to people that don't lie. i'd like to award points to people that don't wedge and pit americans against each other. and, you know, i live in a community which is full of people who came here without speaking english. including myself. including marco rubio's parents and grandparents. including people like emilio and gloria stephen. this is a community that has been built by people that came here, many seeking political asylum, seeking refuge, seeking freedom, seeking a better opportunity for their children. they now own ...

Coming into this country who did not speak english very well. who may have been older or younger. and they have gone on to lead very productive lives in this country and have children who have been highly successful in this country. that's why this points system is something they're going to have a very tough time pushing through congress. >> you tried to push back with stephen miller, sort of had a back and forth. what happened? >> reporter: right. i essentially just asked, you know, what about the statue of liberty? and i read to him what is inscribed on the statue of liberty. essentially he...

Fundamentally this immigration bill is just changing who can legally get in our country and on what basis and it's not going to solve any of these chal mpgs. >> it is a drastic reduction of the number of people who could come in legally. >> right. >> from last year but not from the '90s, the 70 -- at some point in time somebody has to decide how to balance the needs of our economy together with what we have available. we can't just keep forcing people into the work force if there aren't jobs and the economy's not dramatically improved and chuging along at 3 plus gdp. >> you think it's more abo...

People who came here without speaking english, including myself, including marco rubio's parents and grandparents, including people like emilio and gloria estefan. people seeking a better opportunity for their children. they now own businesses, banks. they contribute. they are university presidents. they are brilliant doctors and surgeons in our hospitals. so this idea that you give a points system, that this white house will be giving a point system and not allowing folks in who speak english and giving them the opportunity to learn english is unamerican. it is not what we have done for 241 y...