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Homeland security to meet security triggers that are year-long path, penalties and payment that have to happen before any of those here illegally would become citize citizens. it's something that won't happen overnight but there are security checkpoints along the way. that there is much more it to. how do you respond? >> first, that's true. you don't become citizen until certain check points are done but you get legalization. everyone in the country, or almost everyone in the country illegally does get amnesty in six months. page ten and 11 of the bill. we hope for border security, but if the ...

Measures. the problem is we know the administration does not place a high priority on this issue as part of immigration reform. alisyn: we know what marco rubio's suggestions for tougher measures are for those security triggers. do we know what he is asking for? >> that is a great question. the answer is no. they have not spoken in detail publicly about what enhanced border security really means and what a secure border actually is. presumably that has been going on inside the gang of 8. we had a discouraging bit of news at a house homeland security meeting in which the administration has gott...

The bipartisan senate plan that he is supporting. he also went on to point out that republicans have a commitment to security triggers as it relates to a worker program in this country. joining me now live, nbc news senior political editor mark murray. mark, obviously, key point that mario rubio releasing a statement saying it's constructive and pointing out there's a difference in what he and the senators are bringing to the table and what the president has brought to the table. >> he used the term big differences. >> yes. >> not necessarily sure looking at the frame work they put together wi...

In fact, it's the same path outlined by the group of senators. president obama's plan has a few more specifics. the path to citizenship is not contingent on meeting security triggers like additional border security and unmanned drones. it calls for improvements to immigration courts. and it requires the same visa rights for same-sex couples as everyone else. now, these minor differences cause some grandstanding from republican senator marco rubio out of florida today. rubio intends to make this issue political. >> if this endeavor becomes a bidding war to see who can come up with the easiest, ...

Based on my proposal and insist that they vote on it right away. >> the details of the president's own plan for citizenship are supported by mainstream america. >> we have to lay out a path, a process that includes passing a background check, paying taxes, paying a penalty, learning english, and then going to the back of the line behind all the folks who are trying to come here legally. that's only fair. >> and i'll have commentary on that in a moment. i'm not all on board with it. it sounds good, but the path to earn citizenship has a lot of supporters in congress. in fact, it's the same path...