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It really is the lowest of the low from a u.s. president, right, from the leader of the free world. from someone who should know better. so, we've got dozens and untold numbers of haitian professionals in this country. you know, doctors, lawyers, architects, engineers, teachers, ivy leaguers, athletes, entertainers, people who work in fortune 500 companies. i can go through a litany of successful haitian-americans who have worked to make this country the great country it is today. >> that's just one haitian-american responding to comments on immigration from the president we've been talking ab...

That meeting. indeed, that's what happened. then you have two republican senators, cotton and perdue, saying, we didn't hear that. but it sounds like from the reporting jeff and hallie are doing, the president not only seemed to acknowledge by these phone calls that, yes, he said what he said, but he didn't think there was anything new or offensive about it. >> right. this is what's really alarming, i think, beyond what the president said, but what senators perdue and cotton are doing right now. look, this was widely reported and confirmed in real time last night, not denied in real time by th...

Now, part of what i want to insist is that we don't separate the racist language from the actual policy. i want to suggest the racist language drives the particular approach to this policy -- >> is that exactly what you take out of this statement, when republicans, whether it's cotton and perdue, whether it's others who have suggested, don't take your eye off the ball. this immigration debate is not about whatever the president did or didn't say? >> right. no, no, so what i'm saying is what he's done, as he's done on numerous occasions when he's lacked discipline, is that he's revealed the ana...

Agriculture secretary perdue and had some really informative discussions with farmers withal culture interests in the state. we're not on vacation. we really are working. again i continue discussions on health care with my colleagues even though we're not in d.c. >> let's talk about these farmser. president trump is throwing his weight behind immigration that would cut legal immigration in half over the next decade. you have noted that dairy farmers in the great state of wisconsin rely on immigrant workers as currently written, would you vote no on this immigration bill? >> what i'm hoping is ...

The raise act will change all of that by reorienting our green card system towards people who can speak english, who have high degrees of educational attainment, will have a job offer that pays more and a typical job will create a new business and our outstanding in their field around the world. i'm excited and i look forward to working with senator perdue and president trump through the congress and make this very fundamental sweeping change for the first time in over 50 years to our immigration system. thank you. >> thank you, tom, thank you mr. president. good afternoon everyone. first of a...