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Authorization is not right and it is not acceptable. >> as you've been working together, all three caucuses here and i'll go to you representative espaillat, how you have worked on your side of the aisle to counteract to what the administration has done, all three of the caucuses, very critical of what this administration has done. >> i think we have a set of values and -- that we stand for as a tri-caucus that we try to stick with. and immigration is one that has been on the forefront recently. but i think that everybody that you've said so far really speaks to a broader issue. and that is th...

Caucus where many of us are also members and i think we try to reach that common ground on certain issues, particularly budget issues as it pertains to budget cuts i think are critical to all of our communities. they will be heart felt on the ground in each representative. >> representative chu. >> yes, let me say that it is so important for the tri-caucus to work together. and it is worked together successfully for last 20 years. but it is most important now that there are those who would attempt to divide and conquer us. it certainly came to a head when this immigration bill was going throug...

D.r.e.a.m.er legislation which all of us want to have passed because we all have people who are dreamers, regardless of ethnic background. well we decides as a tri caucus, we were not going to be divided like that. we were going to stand together and support one another and as a result, they were not able to get away with this. they were not able to separate us and today we have a bill that is, in fact, a dreamer bill and also helps those with temporary protected status from being deported to a country that they don't know and we believe it will pass out of the house. >> i can't thank all thre...

He's going to have to listen to each branch of government. and of course a tri-caucus plays a pivotal role in making sure we push our values and platform forward that we agree on. >> i was looking at a -- a couple of polls that came out on friday. representative clarke, to you on this, one of the members here -- maybe i should go to you representative espaillat, alexandria ocasio-cortez, you probably know well from the new york area, 31% of these respondents to the poll had a favorite feeling of her but 41% unfavorable of aoc. that is a negative 10 percentage points. what does that say necessa...

Tri-caucus coming alongside you to meet with this president? >> well, hoping meeting with the president is part of it, and, yes, the answer is we should meet with him. he should want to meet with us. he should want to come out and sit down. he should want to come and see how things are in the communities we serve. he should want to see those things firsthand. if you're going to craft solutions, you've got to know what the problem is. the bottom line issue is, i believe that's what the cbc is concerned about. we're not interested in a photo op, we're interested in real policies and programs to ...