the democratic caucus on the hill and democratic voters don t see the necessity for the wall. what are republicans offering in return and if you give money, a couple billion dollars, whatever the figure is for the wall, will your constituents say well, you caved to the president and doesn t get anything back? it s a myth to think democratic voters or democratic members of congress don t support border security. we do. we understood that meant making investments in securing the boarder. you could have demands for permanent protection for dreamers. i think we ll protect dreame dreamers. this is about one specific issue, securing the borders for a limited purpose before february 15 but there is no question democrats will move forward on fixing our broken immigration system, taking care of dreamers, taking care of those with temporary protective status. we don t need to be given anything to secure our borders.
smart way using technology, drones, satellites, cargo inspections, things that will actually work, more personnel. we don t think a concrete wall, which is a 19th century solution for a 21st century problem, makes sense. i think, again, the suggestion that democrats somehow don t support border security is not true. the president s own chief of staff, the outgoing john kelly and the incoming mick mulvaney, both said a border wall will not solve the problem. both acknowledge that. but the president has shut down the government because he wants a fight over this so we will distract from the other problems he is facing, his defense secretary leaving, the isis coordinator leaving, his foundation being shut down for persistent corruption, the mueller investigation proceeding, mr. flynn s sentencing hearing. all of these things. instead, he is distract. he said, i m shutting the government down because it achieves an objective. we are no longer talking about all of the problems the administr
for that in the last election and all the moralizing chin tuggers say you are a racist for wanting a that. at least you have conceded that american citizens have a right to determine what kind of border they have. every country has that right. tucker: a lot of them work. we have been doing that for the last half a century. trying to militarize. 700-mile wall. high tech surveillance equipment. all things at the borderus and it s not working, tucker. we should be focusing on the root causes of immigration. tucker: hold on, you are not against illegal immigration. 22 million illegals in our country right now. i think they should all bei deported tomorrow and come back if they want tock come back because it make a mockery of our laws. you disagree with that. that s okay. i m not mad at you. don t tell me how you support border securityt because by definition you don t. it s not that i don t support border security. it s that that s not goingon to solve the issue in its essence.
moralizing chin tuggers say you are a racist for wanting that at least you determined americans have a right to determine what kind of border barrier. every country has that right. tucker: a lot of them work. woe have been doing that for the last half a century. trying to militarize. 700-mile wall. high tech surveillance equipment. all source of things at the border and it s not working, tucker. we should be focusing on the root causes of immigration. tucker: hold on, you are not against illegal immigration. 22 million illegals in our country right now. i think they should all be deported tomorrow and come back if they want to come back because it make a mockery of our laws. you disagree with that. that s okay. i m not mad at you. don t tell me how you support border security because by definition you don t. it s not that i don t support border security. it s that that s not going to solve the issue in its essence. tucker: deporting 22 million people might get close to solv