two: take out an average of $70,000. three: pay off your credit cards all indications are this bill won t even move forward to the senate floor. why? simple reason. donald trump. he would rather weaponize this issue than actually solve it. john: president biden in the last hour accusing his likely 2024 republican rival of trying to weaponize the border issue for the campaign trail. this as we wait to hear from the white house minutes from now in the briefing as an out of control migrant crisis spirals in blue cities. welcome back to america reports . i m john roberts in washington. i hope you had your seatbelt on nice and tight last hour, sandra. sandra: i m always ready for it. we always get the breaking news. watching for more to break in the coming hour as the president made the speech, the white house press briefing a short time from now. the big apple is one of the cities struggling with a massive influx of illegal migrants, they are unveiling a program for reload
they re allowed to be in the u.s. if the person is not here legally they could be arrested and would have to pay for jail costs and also a fine of at least $500. the bill also deals with day laborers, making it illegal to pick up day laborers off the street or to so lelicit work one streets if you re here illegally. you can only imagine what both sides of the debate is talking about now. now moving to another stage of the debate. while we were still discussing whether or not it was going to be passed, heated words from both sides. that s right. it was a heated debate. state senator russell saying this bill will help bring down crime and isabelle garcia, activist, saying it s a dangerous precedent. listen to this. so your premise here is that this is a crime problem and it s an illegal problem. it s a crime. it s a crime problem. right? yes. well, it s a crime problem and they re taking jobs from
they can show what s called alien documentation and they can show a valid driver s license or any federal, state or local government i.d. anyone without documentation showing they re allowed to be in the u.s. illegally can be arrested and charged jail costs and also a fine of at least $500. police can avoid asking about immigration status if they feel that it puts in jeopardy an investigation. there s also language in there about day laborers. it s illegal for employers to peck up day laborers if it impedes traffic flow. it is illegal to solicit work in a public place and also in this bill, citizens can sue a city if they feel it s not enforcing the law and a judge can fine a city at least $1,000 a day if they re not enforcing the law and the senate has to approve the changes made by the house before the bill heads to the governor.