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Problem with this legislatively, it will be in the house. >> indeed. this is the house -- you're going to have the stronger, harder, more conservative body in congress. but this is a huge, huge threat to the gop, and the gop knows that. that's why paul ryan had come out and asked trump not to do this. let's remember that as these daca status expire in march, midterm campaigning is really going to be heating up. and you're going to have hundreds of daca kids are going to be losing their work status, losing their work permits, and being under the threat of deportation. those are not optics that ...

Taking away american jobs. that's not the case. he's trying to pit americans against the d.r.e.a.m.ers in a way that's not fair and not just. >> franco, senator graham said he thinks the senate can get it done. he essentially deals with senator harris on that. he said the problem will be in the house. the there's going to be a problem with this legislatively, it will be in the house. >> indeed. this is the house -- you're going to have the stronger, harder, more conservative body in congress. but this is a huge, huge threat to the gop, and the gop knows that. that's why paul ryan had come out ...

>> assuming they pass that checklist, are you willing to give permanent status, putting them on a path of citizenship? >> that's something we have to discuss. that's not clearly in the bill. i've always been open to that for the dreamers who were brought here by their parents, and i've also said for comprehensive immigration reform, it's legal work status that those who broke the law, the adults that came here are really after. i have an open mind when it comes to the kids, the dreamers that have been here. but our bill right here speaks to five years of legal status followed by the permanent ...

People in this room agree, that's not what is is happening now. you have dreamers like this who have gone to meetings like this and are now being deported. i'm not talking about people doing negative things. have you heard of that? are you afraid as a dreamer you're a threat? >> as you mentioned, they do illegal crimes but most of us don't. when we get the dream act, we have a break ground check and parents are not here, i'm here with my grandma what is here legally and i wouldn't want to be afraid anymore that so many kids who have fought to be here and like have a future to be deported just ...

Gone home. we have another 6 million here, jumping ahead of the line, for one reason to make a better life for their family. so i understand that. we need to reform all of our immigration laws, we need to get that done to make it better for all of us here. for someone like you, we have to know -- i don't know what your parents' status is, they need legal work status. >> listen, what you say right now sounds great, a lot of people would agree with you, that is not what is happening right now. you have dreamers like this who have gone to meet everythiings , spoken out publicly, i am not talking ...