gridlock on immigration. two more democrats hanging onto the. organizers are three short of the 218 signatures needed to force votes on immigration bills june 25. as house republican leaders try a g.o.p. solution. we are very close on a couple different fronts. it really boils down to how are we going to handle the daca recipients. president trump waited on immigration this morning: separating families at the border is the fault of bad legislation passed by the democrats. border security laws should be changed but the dems can t get their act together! started the wall. arizona republican senator jeff flake says that isn t helpful. i have worked with democrats on immigration. they don t want open borders. they don t favor ms-13. i wish he wouldn t make those accusations. attorney general jeff sessions issue this warning to those considering coming here illegally. we don t want to do this at all.
family separation when it comes to immigration and efforts along the border. the law requires us to keep children in a different facility then we do for adults. every time somebody gets prosecuted in america for crime, americans in sin, and they go to jail, they are separated from their children. we don t want to do this at all. if people don t want to be separated from their children, they should not bring them with them. bret: the president tweeting also this morning: separating families at the border is the fault of bad legislation passed by the democrats. border security laws should be changed but the dems can t get their act together! started the wall. mollie, don t know if that s in line with what we know. the fact remains that if congress wants to change the lost where they should. there s a bigger issue at play which is we have to cope
another reason they have left 40,000 felons out of the state prison. there are 10 or 12 cies that have already voted to sue the federal government. there are over 42 cities that have voted to sue the california government because they don t agree with it. in most congressional districts, sanctuary state is a positive for democrats. those are up in the bay area. but in most of the competitive seats, sanctuary state policies are a negative because voters just don t like it. jon: we will be watching these races very closely. jim brulte, the head of the california g.o.p. thank you, sir, for spending some time today. thanks, jon. melissa: the house getting back to work today and they are facing a big showdown over immigration. the president tweeting this separating families at the border is the fault of bad legislation passed by democrats. border security laws should be changed but the democrats can t get their act together.
people who have not crossed illegally and presented themselves to official border crossings get their children taken care. we had a woman with her 18-month-old baby taken away when she had done everything ly you also don t have an out of control border issue. let s put opinions aside and go to facts. this morning president trump again blaming democrats for his immigration policy, and he tweeted this. separating families at the border is the fault of bad legislation passed by the democrats. border security laws should be changed but the dems can t get their act together. start the wall. can you fact check this for me? last i checked this is jeff sessions policy. thanks, stephanie. i think they are forgetting the fact that jeff sessions announced this policy in front of everyone about a month ago. this is a manufactured humanitarian crisis where the administration is harming children to push their political
entering between the ports of entry, between the ports of entry illegally. and they re not younot give them immunity. that, of course, is attorney general jeff sessions with hugh hewitt this morning not backing off one inch defending the zero tolerance policy that includes in part separating migrant children from their parents at border crossings. president trump on twitter this morning said separating families at the board certify fault of bad legislation passed by democrats. border security laws should be changed but the dems cannot get their act together. remember, it was a trump administration policy announced in may that led to this. this morning we have new reporting too. look at this. hundreds of migrant kids who have been separatm their parents are stuck at border stations which are running out of space to shelter these kids. nbc news justice security officer julie ames is part of the team that broke that story. let s get into some of these numbers in your article.