speak fluent english. there are people we bring into this country from all walks of life, from all income levels, from all language speaking abilities, because we're the united states of america. you know, i mentioned my father, my father came here three weeks before the cuban missile crisis in 1962. he was 11 years old, didn't speak any english. he tells me the story about how a teacher at his school in virginia sat down with him and patiently taught him english as he was growing up here in northern virginia. you know, i think this goes back to a problem that this white house has. remember when the president launched his campaign for president, he referred to mexican immigrants as rapists and criminals. and that bias against latino immigrants has just sort of infected the president, some of his top officials who deal with this issue of immigration throughout that entire time period, and i think you saw some of that spill out in the briefing room today. >> let me just remind everyone, we cited this as well, from the statue of liberty, this was