over the next couple of years. speaking of budget, they have to pass a budget by january 20th to keep this government open. i predict that s when this immigration fight will come to hey head and harry reid thinks he could have a couple a bit more time on the daca issue into the spring. if house speaker paul ryan wants to get welfare reform done in the spring, it s going to be very interesting to see whether president trump decides to deal with democrats or members within his own party. also ben, let s talk about paul ryan and what he wants to get done. he wants to cut money from entitlements. mitch mcconnell says entitlement reform is dead on arrival without democratic votes in the senate. do they how do they bridge that divide there? i don t think they bridge that divide on entitlement reform. paul ryan would love to do it. this is a chance this is his
i think this is sort of the usual way that trump sort of talks about this stuff. and i think that the democrats are probably thrilled about this kind of thing. because as you head into 2018 and democrats traditionally during midterms need to fire up non-white and younger voters, this is an issue that resonates with them. and the longer this kind of immigration fight and talk of immigration moves through 2018, democrats are happy to have that fight. when you look at the map for 2018, you have ten democrats up for re-election in the senate who are from states that trump won. so they are getting squeezed there. and it was with their aid that trump and republicans were able to continue funding the government. a lot of democrats in the house voted against the funding bill. there could have been a government shutdown if some of those democrats had said, no, no, no, we want a deal with the dreamers. they didn t do that. maybe perhaps not surprising, but did they give up leverage? look, it
singing from the same sheet of music next week when they have the scheduled leadership meeting at the white house to talk about this. there s pressure on both sides of this, right? for democrats, this is something the base wants, to protect the dreamers. for republicans, though, they don t want to further shrink their base or shrink their party by having something drastic happen to the dreamers, including the president has hinted at that, and he knows he can only afford to lose one vote in the senate on any deal that s done. so both have to figure out a way to navigate this. is this, perry, going to be a big immigration fight in january? i think it will. it s a bluster from trump. he knows that the wall he talked about during the campaign is not going to be built. you noticed that they have downplayed it. but this is a situation where he s demanding some kind of heavy border security measures that democrats will be likely opposed to. and he will insist upon those. i do think we re
save d.r.e.a.m.ers making it more likely the immigration fight will be held off until next year. i m joined by congressman curbelo who is live in miami. congressman, thanks so much. it s great to see you. good evening, kasie. thanks for having me. let s start with this spending fight. is your position still that you ll not vote for any continuing resolution to fund the government past december 31st if it doesn t have a fix for d.r.e.a.m.ers? that s absolutely right, kasie. i ve always voted to fund the government because i think it s the right thing to do, the responsible thing to do. but we need to take a stand. those of us who want to stand up for these young americans, and i call them americans because even though they re not documented, they grew up in our country. they speak perfect english. they are working here. they are productive. they ve gone to college. some of them want to serve in our military. so it s time to say enough. congress has been debating this d.r.e.a.m.er
actor, some of your favorite shows, the sopranos, grey s anatomy and he s undocumented. his parents brought him from the ivory coast when he was 10 years old. he s hoping to use his star power to the immigration fight. he s joining us now from los angeles. thank you for joining us. you are one of the beneficiaries of daca. with that in limbo right now, were you afraid to make your undocumented status public. first off, thank you so much for having me and shedding light on daca. yes, absolutely there s a risk to come out and announce my status. but because daca is about to be canceled next year unless congress passes a law, a permanent fix for us, i needed to come out. i have a family. i have a daughter. my life and the life of 800,000 other dreamers like me who are american in our heart could be