Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20171212:20:10:00
Immigration system has two principle components. there is a family-based component through which the suspect in yesterday's attack -- alleged bombing incident came through, and there is an employment based component. in any given year we have about 1 million immigrants. one million people come here, get green cards, immigrant visas. in fiscal year '15 of that one million about 72% of our immigrants came based on a family connection. and only 6% or about one out of 15 came based on employment or job connection, job offer. so you can see the immigration system is heavily weighted towards family ...