locked down by thinking about what the house might do or what the white house might, do we ll move on our own. a leading house conservative says the focus needs to be on border security and fixing a broken system. if it s the other way around, which is what mr. durbin wants and senator graham wants, a focus on daca first then pretend security and pretend border wall and pretend chain migration that s a dirnts animal, i won t be for that. some of the moderates don t want the president s blueprint to derail their work. but after complaints of some lawmakers they didn t know what the president wanted, now they know. chris? mike emanuel on capitol hill, thank you. the education department and the house energy and commerce committee are the latest to announce investigations into the sexual abuse scandal involving former michigan state university and usa nim gymnastics sports doctor larry nassar. the school s athletic director resigned today. yesterday,mate s president quit.
i want to solve the daca problem, i would consider that a great achievement to solve the daca problem. these are good people that should be able to stay in this country. we will solve the daca problem but we also want to solve a tremendous problem on the southern border, which is crime. senator purdue, senator cotton, we have tremendous support to get something done. i think something will get done. harris: that of course president trump as his administration lays out a framework for dreamers. and includes a path to citizenship for 1.8 million illegals brought here as children it in return for congress agreeing to $25 billion for a border wall system and other immigration crackdowns.
optimism, success breeds success in this kind of situation. if people are spending money, more people spend money and more people feel good. it s a ball that starts rolling in continues, like a snowball. harris: we will be looking to see the jobs numbers, it will be interesting. we will bring you back, terry willis, thank you. great to see you. president trump is pitching a new immigration plan, authoring pathway for the so-called dreamer to become u.s. citizens in exchange for paying for that border wall system which will be some wall, more border agents, et cetera. can both political sides live with the deal that s being talked about? we will take a closer look. somebody does a great job, they worked hard, they continue to do a great job. they worked hard whether they ve had a little company, whatever they re doing. if they re doing a great job i think it s a nice thing to have the incentive of being able to become a citizen. [ click, keyboard clacking ]
the headline a pathway to citizenship for nearly 2 million young immigrants. that s more than double the number of dreamers enrolled in the daca program eliminated last fall and the trust fund for the border wall system and ends the visa lottery program and eliminates the extended family chain migration by limiting family sponsorship to spouses and children. we have a fox news contributor and campaign director for the center for american progress action fund and democratic strategist. it looks like there s something in here for both sides. president trump cause the chaos and saying he has massive compassion for the young people. martha: i m asking you to response to the four things here. have you double the number of
is dividing many of the president s supporters. and fuelling his critics in both parties. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel has more from capitol hill. president trump: america is a cutting edge economy. but our immigration system is stuck in the past. at the world economic forum president trump started making the case for his immigration blue print. president trump: we must replace our current system, of extended family chain migration with a merit-based sis telling of admissions that selects new arrivals based on their ability to contribute to our economy, to support themselves financially, and to strengthen our country. the headlines of his plan were $25 billion for his proposed border wall system and path to citizenship over 10 to 12 years for an estimated 1.8 million people. the attorney general highlighted switching to a merit-based system. for some reason when we are