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By mark meadows and jim jordan, which has been very powerful in the past. they still have power in this lame duck session of congress. they said last night in a statement they want not only the border wall, they also want changes to visa programs. so they're taking it a step farther, which is, to me, and i agree with garrett here completely, this could easily go from december 21st until january 3rd, until nancy pelosi and house democrats could end the shutdown as their first act in a new democratic house in 2019. >> another item of business looking ahead to early january is going to be that el...

Religion. the problem is, they started during the campaign and then carried on into the early years of the trump administration where it was perceived. correctly or incorrectly without getting into that as a ban on muslims. and that created all this problem now. the president and his staff modify the rhetoric that dealt with countries who could not have assurances provide the necessary information about the individuals. that's clearly the case in yemen, iraq that is not the case any longer. syria is a mess, probably applies they are. it's what we really need to do here is to make certain that ...

Policy. >> a president could change policy today. it could change it right now. border patrol itself is even weighing in pointing out that separations are consistent with how u.s. handles plenty unrelated cases. >> that's no different from a united states citizen parent that's going through a judicial process prosecuted for violated the law and separated from his or her children. border patrol notes the kids are getting cared for with hotls and medical services, the u.s. house vil to vote this week and include border funding and restructuring of visa programs. fox news. >> well, the u.s. and s...

It. >> the administrations assessed whether to implement the policy that is in effect today, other administrations said it's contrary to american values. >> julie: the bill touches on the issue but it's hardly a fix. where are democrats on the separation policy and new legislation? >> you saw the path forward back in february when you saw a bipartisan group of democrats and republicans in the senate come forward with a package that really resolved many of the issues. the american people have spoken on what they would consider an acceptable fix. yes, revisions to some of the diversity lottery a...

About doing this with heart, okay? then all of a sudden as the walls are caving in on him he picks on the people coming from honduras. >> why didn't democrats take the deal of 1.6 million americans a path to citizenship in return for a wall in the end to the visa lottery program and the other visa programs that are causing problems here with national security in the united states? why did democrats not take that deal? it seems like the most generous offer that's in place on the table. is it because democrats want to keep it as a political tool to accuse republicans of being anti-immigrant and ...