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Texas governor rick perry is slamming the head of u.s. immigration and enforcement for releasing thousands last week. he said, quote, the release of criminal aliens into our communities by immigration and customs enforcement is unconscionable, and this by far surfaces -- the detines were released in an effort to save money in light of the sequester. joining us is seth freedlester. we're talking about this, seth, are these private prisons they're now in the cross hairs of sequestration and immigration reforms, what happens to them? >> the u.s. detains every year more than 400,000 non-citizens

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January 1st tax increase action but it brought $600 billion to the table. the president promised a 4 to 1 balance in the campaign and we needed to get serious. >> when we talked about the effects on defense spending because of the sequester as well as a continuing resolution, which continues that level in terms of monetary value, what are some of the suggestions you would make? because you said you did not agree with the structuring of it. how would you restructure that debt? >> i think at times you have to question whether the president is choosing government waste over government workers or ...

>> you know, critics have said what took so long for him to meet with lawmakers to try to hammer out a deal? is that fair? >> i do think it's fair. i have a big question, if we knew the sequester was coming for lo this many months, and if we thought there was some kind of a group of sensible caucuses the president has called t. the common-sense caucus, that he could meet with, why did we twiddle our thumbs under the sequester hit? i do think -- but i do think two things. first of all, it is encouraging that the president is doing this. i also thing what's particularly encouraging is there are ...

Table, do you think? >> i believe the bill will pass today. there's at least enough votes to get it through. we'll have to wait and see how bipartisan that is. i think people understand on both sides of the aisle. we have a debate here. we ought to allow this budget process to play out through the end of the fiscal year, and i'm hopeful it can pass in the senate. >> you said earlier earp gets the sequester. >> well, i've said before i believe the structure of the cuts out to be restructured, but i believe we need the $85 billion in redestruction. it results in about 2% of our -- about two penn...