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If you, if you wish to work, if you wish to live and work if america, then we will find a place for you. in order to bring conservatives to this cause, however, those who work for reform must understand that a real solution must insure that our borders are secure. we must also treat those who are here already with understanding and compassion without also unduly rewarding them for coming illegally. martha: well, the u.s. border with mexico extends nearly 2,000 miles. securing that border has been a very difficult task that has not yet been accomplished. joined now by angela kelly at the center for american progress and bob dane as a communications director at the federation for american immigration reform. welcome to both of you. angela, you were there this morning, i understand, at this speech. what was the reaction? very positive. i think he s going to start a new club of republicans who stand with rand. he got a lot of applause. ....
During an election year. it is one thing for the president to deliver on his campaign promise, but his higher obligation is the constitutional separation of powers, not to roll over congress and declare and rewrite new rules and guidelines by executive fiat. fair enough. he s doing what he can as the chief executive of the country. congress has to change the laws if they want to change the law and if they don t like it they can do something about it. but he s not giving them amnesty, he s not giving them citizenship, he s giving them just a chance to not get deport erred. what is wrong with that? we re talking about kids who went to high school who have been here since 15, 16, or since they were babies. bill: you have to be at least the age of 16, no older than the age of 30, bob. education, military service. those are the specs as we have them right now. bill: no matter how inch cons kwepbgs tal the guidelines are, the fact remains that the ....
Coming here, they ve broken no laws, they want to contribute, they want to work and pay taxes, they want to be part of the american pie, that s all they want. bill: the polling i mentioned is 2-1. but in a tight election year, when you re fighting for a couple thousand votes in places like nevada, new mexico, colorado, maybe even florida, does this make a difference? well, so be it. so what if it does? it s the right thing to do. that s what presidents are supposed to do during election years. why do you all make it sound like it s something bad. let the president do what he said he was going to do. tha do. bill: francisco, please, the point you re making here is that in a close election year our mining for votes wherever you can get them. bob, the question, does it make a difference or not in those critical battleground states? he ll get them. it s an illegitimate aoufrs immigration to use it as a blunt policy political instrument ....
D.r.e.a.m. act is broad based amnesty and like all amnesty it is fundamentally unfair to those who have come here illegally, many hispanic. it rewards law break brag, and it will serve to provide future flows of immigration. he has created a new narrative on the american landscape that is violating immigration laws in avenue itself and is completely inc inconsequential. bill: the computer is going to cut us off, i apologize, francisco thank you. bob thank you. we ll wait to see how republicans react on this very same issue. martha: a hot topic. and we are going to see a lot more of this throughout the afternoon. breaking news here in america s newsroom and the president will speak during america live with megyn kelly this afternoon. we ll be right back. [ woman ] for the london olympic games, our town had a brilliant idea. support team usa and show our olympic spirit right in our own backyard. so we combined our citi thankyou points to make it happen. tom chipped in 10,000 points ....
Bill: back to the breaking news right now. janet napolitano speaking with reporters. here is a bit more of that conference call. listen here. the decision i announced today, however, is well within the framework of our existing laws. we should not forget that we are a nation of laws, and a nation of immigrants, and as i said early with respect to these young people deferred action, the decision announced today is simply the right thing to do. bill: this could affect 800,000 illegals here. francisco hernandez is an immigration attorney. bob dane communications director with the federation for american immigration reform. gentlemen, good morning to both of you. wall street journal poll last month romney trails obama 61-27 with hispanic voters. does this make a difference, bob? of course it does. rest assured, anything immigration wise that is done in an election year has nothing at all to do with serving the broad national purpose women congratulations. ....