rick santorum and steve quest are here for our great debate. i m giving you both chairs because i think you need it on this issue, quest and santorum. steve, i ll start with you on this. the idea of we have to do this because we re enforcing the law, that s not the way law enforcement works. we all know that. you make a choice about it. in fact, the proof is in the government s response to the aclu suit in may. they said, don t talk to us about the law because this is an independent immigration policy choice. so it s not about the law. this suit is meritless. they admit it s their choice. fair point. chris, very pafair point. by the way, i concede on that. this iss new policy by the trump administration. i think it s excellent new policy. children crying on the border being taken from their family is an excellent policy?
enforcement was twofold. one, they didn t want to get in a pinch of overcapacity and get in harshness that you are in now. and second, it didn t work. bush was compassionate conservatism. obama was just straight up compassion. or they were both in the bag of business. they were both in the bag of globalists. they thought he understood those people better. trump wants to sell a message to his people and it s working. 58% of republicans agree with this policy. the problem is two out of three americans don t. this is a message of harshness and strength, and it resonates with some with some but i don t know how you guys grow the tent with this policy. steve, last word to you and then bounce it to rick. i will say this. the american worker has been ignored for so long. this is part of protecting the rights of the american worker, the american citizen. it s heartbreaking, of course it is. the children are wanting for their parents.
and you can t keep them as long. well, you also, because of this law they passed several years ago to protect children who were being smuggled, they can t be a family unit can t be kept together and deported together. that s the problem. that s not what the flores agreement says. there is no law that mandates you do what you re doing right now. in fact i agree with that. the difference is that the conditions may have sucked, but at least they got to stay together. you could keep these families together. or you could do catch and release and you could do it a different way. this is why bush and obama did it this way. you can t process them the same way. there has to be a separation, that s the problem. and the reality is the big change, and this is what steve is saying, they are enforcing the law about adults who come here illegally. that s the big change. and you re right, they should have done a better job in preparing for this. ted cruz s bill which i know has been ta
enforcement was twofold. one, they didn t want to get in a pinch of overcapacity and get in harshness that you are in now. and second, it didn t work. bush was compassionate conservatism. obama was just straight up compassion. or they were both in the bag of business. they were both in the bag of globalists. they thought he understood those people better. trump wants to sell a message to his people and it s working. 58% of republicans agree with this policy. the problem is two out of three americans don t. this is a message of harshness and strength, and it resonates with some with some but i don t know how you guys grow the tent with this policy. steve, last word to you and then bounce it to rick. i will say this. the american worker has been ignored for so long. this is part of protecting the rights of the american worker, the american citizen. it s heartbreaking, of course it is. the children are wanting for
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