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Our people near the border had to express concerns. let me say this. you had one experience. many of my colleagues and i have visited the border in different locations whether at laredo at the entry or allen or brownsville. you name it, i have visited and praise the work of our border patrol and all of those places. in a place like el paso, for example, it's a community with a border running through it. it's a safer place because there is this respect for law and order and arrest there. >> since we are on the subject of sanctuary cities. we have a republican from texas who has a question of bo...

Campaign trail. >> i think that's right. that's an excellent point. when i speak of this issue, i try to be responsible and not engage in a lot of hyperbole and exaggeration. you are correct. these are refugees, syrian refugee family that went to the laredo point of entry and basically turned themselves in for political asylum. they were not infiltrating to conduct terrorist operations. i think it's important, you're right, to keep the facts to the facts. my facts are clear that i do think some of these military age males could present a threat to the united states and all we're asking for is ...

Legislation in response to what happened in paris. i personally think we are doing the responsible thing and what the american people want. >> if the president vetoes it, will the leadership then put this on a must-pass spending bill? >> well, the president has issued a veto threat. what's going to be very interesting is in the next couple minutes, i just spoke on the floor, we are going to see what the vote count is. it will be interesting to see how many democrats join with republicans on my bill to see if we can possibly have a veto-proof majority. >> and you have got a situation where peop...