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>> laura: okay, there might>> finally be a solution to one of the biggest problems plaguing u.s. immigration, which is visa overstays. they don't talk about it enough. in 2017, approximately 700,000 travelers to the united states overstayed their visas. that according to homeland security. but congressman steve king is introducing new legislation that would require nonimmigrants to post bond before visiting the united states.ig so would this help to finally get illegal immigration, these visa issues under control? joining us now with reaction, tom homan, former actor direct air of i.c.e, along...

700,000 people is not a big problem? >> that is a reporting problem from the government. right now, the way that the government relates to people who leave through banned forces properly recorded, and sometimes in students change their statusy reported. i don't really trust the facts -- >> laura: you don't trust the numbers from homeland security plates because they have been other reports from robert warren, who used to work for the government and also works for the center for immigration studies, most of the studies saying this is an exaggeration, another way to push more restrictive policie...

To the flight or passengers. three large u.s. cities have filed a lawsuit against the department of defense. the suit filed by new york city, philadelphia, and san francisco alleges the pentagon failed to report many convictions in the military justice system to the fbi and its national gun background check database. the problem was exposed in november after devon kelly shot and killed 26 people at a texas church. kelly should not have been allowed to buy a gun, because he was convicted of an assault and court-martialed while serving in the air force. but that conviction was never reported t...

less than one year ago on this "american morning." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com good morning. it's friday, december 23rd. i'm deb feyerick an with alina cho on this "american morning." good morning to all of you out in. >> so glad you're with us. up first, an early christmas present for 160 million americans. the house is expected to vote today on extending the payroll tax cut that divided washington for weeks. house republicans caved yesterday after a lot of arm-twisting by president obama who stead was the disgust of the american people that broke the log jam. boehner ...

way. in the end house speaker john boehner, he caved in and he gave in to political pressure but still he defends the stand that he took. >> we have fought the fight, the good fight, but i talked to enough members over the last 24 hours who believe that, hey, listen, we don't like this two-month extension. we don't like this reporting problem in the senate bill and if you can get this fixed, why not do the right thing for the american people even though it's not exactly what we want. >> it seems that everything we've done this last year has been a knockdown dragout fight. there is no...