The first major immigration overhaul proposal in six years but one border state democrat congressman castro of texas say that is the devil is in the details. Weve got to make sure that those measurements, when we have determined that we have secured the border, that those measurements are objective. Otherwise you will have fights down the road where folks are saying, well, wait a minute. Lets not move on to the second phase of the bill because we have not first completed the first phase. Besides Border Security, theres guest workers and employer verification and a path to citizenship for the 11 million Illegal Immigrants in this country. Lets bring in the political panel, the Washington Post niamalika henderson and latino contributor, raul reyes and michael smerkonish. Raul, if people doubt that elections have consequences, look at the issue of Immigration Reform and look back at the republican primary and the response of the audience regarding Immigration Reform during the debates, on
Fragile coalition. Congressman Mario Diaz Balart out of florida. Thank you for your time. Great pleasure being here. Absolutely. First let me get your thoughts on the likelihood of this deal being reached. We now know from the white house, the president will give the remarks within the hour he basically is in line with the principles that were proposed by the Bipartisan Group and if theres dissession or divide, what is it . Well, remember what the senators did and glad they did that, put together principles and yet to see from the senate language. Us in the house trying for years to have the legislative language and should have that relatively soon. I dont think, though, theres a lot of difference between the principles of the senators put on on the table with what some of us believe we can put in legislative language but the devils in the details, obviously. Absolutely. Some of the details we know deal with Border Security and of those consider themselves conservatives feel its a top
All those folks before they were us, they were them. And when each new wave of immigrants arrived, they faced resistance from those who were already here. They faced hardship. They faced racism. They faced ridicule. But over time as they went about their daily lives, as they earned living, as they raised a family, as they built a community, as their kids went to school here, they did their part to build a nation. They were the einsteins and the carnegies and women and men whose names history may not remember, but they are who we are, built this country hand by hand, brick by brick. They all came here knowing what makes somebody an american is not just blood or birth but allegiance to our founding principles. And the faith in the idea that anyone from anywhere can write the next great chapter of our story. And thats still true today. Just ask alan alima. Alans here. Wheres alan . Hes around there he is, right here. Now, alan was born in mexico. He was brought to this country by his pare
Investigate as well. This is a twinengine turboprop plane. It is not a commercial plane. Just a terrible tragedy there close to new haven, connecticut. Back to you. Thanks, tom. The news nation is also following developing news coming from the white house president obama will hold his first president ial News Conference in more than three months. The president is going to face some tough questions, a wide range of issues, both foreign and domestic. For the first time, hes expected to answer questions on his decision to cancel the upcoming e ing bilateral summit russian president vladimir putin. On the home front, lingering issues such as the stalled efforts on Immigration Reform will be on the forefront as well as the future of the landmark piece of legislation on health care. Again, under threat by Top Republican lawmakers. But right now the president is enjoying a victory. Hes signing a bill designed to keep student loan rates low. This will be one of the president s last public appe
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