in your private conversations with your republican colleagues in the senate, are there enough votes against the president on this one? >> well, i can't be the whip counter for the republican caucus, but i can tell you yesterday and over the weekend, i talked to several of my republican colleagues, and i didn't hear a single one who thought this was a good idea. in fact, many of them think this is counterproductive, because they are eager to figure out how to move us forward with getting to a yes on the usmca negotiations and this is clearly fighting against that. the majority leader said that they're hopeful that these tariffs won't be deployed, but we don't need hope. we need a cure. we need to stop this. >> so on this issue of immigration, you just went down to the southern border in december. >> right. >> you saw a lot of this firsthand. latest numbers from cdp tell us over 500,000 people have been apprehended at the southern border. this fiscal year it's nearing on