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Men and women in blue, you get a true understanding of what is happening here. when you see the vast lands where you need more border patrol agents and i'm talking about the ranchers that i talk to, it becomes real. so yes, i certainly invite the president to come down to the border. >> neil: you know people say you have to get meaningful border reform, immigration reform. the two parties are very divided with republicans want to build and continue that wall. democrats opposed to that. democrats keen on finding a way to citizenship for the however 16 to 20 million that are hear legally or at l...

In your very state about coming up with something. the cold shoulder from democrats is palpable to me. what i read about. there wasn't a lot of party help for you in your re-election effort. how do you feel about that? >> well, you know, the far left, the 3% did not help me. you know, the party did help. they spent millions of dollars to counter the very negative attacks that the republicans spent against me. so the establishment, democrats were there. the far left and sometimes the far right. those are the folks that make it hard for people like tony gonzales and congressman tony gonzales has...

Through bridges. we have to put the focus on the bridges and stop the drugs. when you look at about half of the 11 million, 12 million undocumented aliens in the u.s., half of them came here legally through visa overstays. canada is the number 1 violator when you look at the countries. so i just want to look at a smart way of addressing border security. >> neil: would it be wise for the president to just physically go to the border to see for himself what you've seen constantly? >> absolutely. i mean, i think any president, democrat, republican, should come to the border to know exactly what i...

The border when with us not popular to do so in his own party. nevertheless, he did win comfortably. he will be among other things in a very prominent role overseeing the budget of the department of homeland security. kind enough to join us now. the texas congressman, henry cuellar. congressman, good to have you an congratulations. >> thank you, neil. always a pleasure being with you. >> neil: same here. the border was a big issue and has been as long as i've known you. you've been a thorn in the side of democratic and republican administrations alike. what can be done now? >> you know, certai...