counterveiling effect, does it turn off people who are not quite on board with the president and motivate suburban swing voters we were talking about. and look to aaron s point, i agree with that. and i have said this to republican strategists and friends, if you re still fretting about the base, you re shaking in your boots. isn t the base locked up with gorsuch, with kavanaugh? isn t why is he so worried about the base? to piggy back on aaron s point, it s actually very fascinating. we all move so quickly it s hard to remember what happened yesterday much less a couple days ago. in 2016 in the republican nominating season, in every single state where they did exit polling, they asked a question, what do you do with the undocumented population? do you prefer to see mass numbers deported or would you prefer to see them put on a path to legal status, if not citizenship? in the total of states, only two states said, yes, mass deportation. the rest of the states 33, 34
made this offer for 1.8 million dreamers or daca recipients to be on a path to legal status. he said something else. take a listen. there are 690,000 official daca reg stranlts and the president sent over what amounts to be two and a half times that number to 1.8 million. the difference between 690 and 1.8 million were the people some would say were too afraid to sign up. others would say are too lazy to get off their asss but they didn t sign up. so congressman, he said those words were needlessly callous and disrespectful when referring to people too lazy to get off their asses. don t go by me. i think it is unfair that we ll micro analyze every word. he fired me.
there are illegal undocumented immigrants in shelters, once they get out, they re on their own. 800,000 of these people. many of them have been here since they were kids. 45% of whom either are in school or have gotten an education. if they commit a federal crime, they cannot renew their two-year cycle. there are a lot of people who say, this is actually not a bad plan. one tweet, immigration policy should be sent through congress, not presidential orders. it is up to congress to face the uncertainty of undocumented minors. i ll be introducing a conservative solution that provides a fair but rigorous path to legal status. it requires young, undocumented adults to be employed, pursue higher education or serve in the military. frankly, a lot of people are going to say, that s unfair and unduly rigorous but at least it sounds like a solution, as opposed to the elimination of daca. in fairness, the president is
and run. you are saying you do not want the federal immigration authorities who snow about. first of all, our thoughts and prayers go out to the family two young people killed in tragic accident. it s an awful, awful thing. the best way to make sure that individuals like this who have made it to the country, that they re found by federal immigration enforcement. a shrink the haystack of the 11 million undocumented so they are valuable law enforcement force can pursue individuals like this. best way to do that make sure they have a path to legal status. pass a criminal background check and ultimately paying their taxes. your strategy is to shrink the haystack. in order to prevent something like, this all you have to do if you are a municipal official and the guy comes through the booking unit pick up the call, hey, feds, ice, this guy is imlegal. he is not here. he just committed a crime. why don t you go pick him up. that s all you have to do. you are absolutely right.
you are saying you do not want the federal immigration authorities who snow about. first of all, our thoughts and prayers go out to the family two young people killed in tragic accident. it s an awful, awful thing. the best way to make sure that individuals like this who have made it to the country, that they re found by federal immigration enforcement. a shrink the haystack of the 11 million undocumented so they are valuable law enforcement force can pursue individuals like this. best way to do that make sure they have a path to legal status. pass a criminal background check and ultimately paying their taxes. your strategy is to shrink the haystack. in order to prevent something like, this all you have to do if you are a municipal official and the guy comes through the booking unit pick up the call, hey, feds, ice, this guy is imlegal. he is not here. he just committed a crime. why don t you go pick him up. that s all you have to do. you are absolutely right. we need to tighten