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Latinos, now muslims. i've been quite critical. because that's not the party that i know. i just saw an e-mail from my friend michael reagan, who said this is not the party of reagan either. and donald trump doesn't represent republican values and i do, and others do as well. when you start talking about how we'll destroy isis rather than these grandiose statements that really mean nothing. >> couple weeks ago, when you were on the big show on "meet the press," you had said you wanted to prioritize in the refugee process, syrian christians. do you regret that statement now, given under the lig...

We want them to come here to wlish their beliefs freely. and so i think that donald trump is certainly not expressing and understanding of the constitution, and understanding of the history, and understanding of the american values, and he really is disqualified from someone who is in charge of the free world. >> leaving trump aside for the moment, and do you, senator, believe that enough is being done to screen people when they come into the united states? >> certainly a big debate over the refugee program, because a number of folks said they would not allow the refugees to come in, and chris...

It can make a very big difference in not only somebody's life but in the life of a local community. >> obviously the refugee process is something thing ahas a hand in. yes, you have to wait for the nhcr to do its vetting in the case of the syrian refugees specifically before you do your own. what do you make of the fear that one of them could want to chop my head off? people don't want the syrian refugees here. you're seeing it in polls.ç what's your reaction? >> let me allay the fear. that's most important. first of all, we have to remember what our values are as a can countountry and what ...

Stumble in through the refugee process. i agree we could do more and have greater intelligence in syria which allows us to have great y greater insight to who comes over, and not just our status of being the nation that lets people in, who are vulnerable and desperate. >> and let me bring a statistic to you gentlemen. on sunday, i had professor brian levin on our show. he made the point that since 9/11 this country has taken in about 784,000 refugees. and out of those there have been three individuals who have deemed to pose a threat. so ben, when you look at those numbers, when you just look ...

The bigger the state, the more likely they'll get these refugees. now let's look at the big picture. there's been nearly 785,000 refugees who have been admitted to the united states since 9/11. only about a dozen -- roughly one one thousandths of 1% -- have been arrested or removed from the u.s. due to terrorism concerns. none of those folks removed were syrian. the fact is, it's not easy to get into america via the refugee process. let me walk you through how this works just with syria. the united nations has referred just over 23,000 syrian refugees to the united states. of those 23,000, 7,0...