because they can t keep up with them and track them once they re here. it s gotten to be alarming. so much so in arizona the governor there is sending the national guard to police the whole situation. we ll be talking to the leader of that effort in a second. first, alexandria hoff, how this got so out of hand. alexandria. yeah, certainly got out of hand and now congress feels they have to act particularly on the republican side. emergency aid funding and for taiwan it s contingent on u.s. border policy agreements. it s unclear if it s enough and if there is enough time. homeland security secretary mayorkas arrived on the hill and senators delayed holiday recess to give more time to give framework toward a national security supplemental funding package. i think it was one of the most important things that we re going to decide in this congress and you know, spending a few extra days before the holidays seems a pretty good investment if we can make progress. senate major
hudson institute senior fellow research, rebecca henrichs. these people are very vicious and very disruptive. yet we re sitting down to the table and having conversations where they say lift the sanctions and then we ll talk about the nuclear stuff. former president trump would have never even had that kind of conversation. sanctions are what will keep the iranians in line. it s not the nuclear deal. which is amazing when you think about it. the iranians are the largest state sponsor of terrorism still. as you mentioned, they re funding the terrorism across the middle east, funding proxies, the huthis and the list goes on and on. the biden administration is so
carefully. but i believe based on what i know now this is an important step. reporter: on her left senator bernie sanders, issued a statement hailing the deal as a victory of diplomacy over saber rattling. from the outset the gop field threatened to oppose a weak agreement. lindsey graham all but accused the president of arming an adversary. he s guarantied they re going to become a nuclear nation. this deal locks in their nuclear program. reporter: beyond fear of iran getting the bomb conservatives warn that sing sanctions will make it easier for iran to step up state sponsored terrorism. i think in a negotiation that is bad for the middle east and pad for the world. we know they have been funding proxies with the objective of destabilizing the region. we know that when sanctions are lifted they ll have more money to fund those same proxies. it has to be one of the most outrageous decisions that a u.s. president has made in relationship to foreign policy.