it is the top of hour on cnn newsroom. i m alisyn camerota. and i m victor blackwell. today two border state republicans are taking their immigration battle up north. but families are stuck in the middle. greg abbott ordered more than 1 100 migrants but bused and dropped off at kamala harris s home at the conservatory. they have already bused thousands of migrants to other states in recent weeks and they are said to be used as political pawns. the fact that fox news and not the department of homeland security, the city or local ngo s were alerted about a plan to leave migrants, including children on the side of a busy d.c. street makes clear this is just a cruel premeditated political stunt. and then there is florida governor ron desantis and he s
the president has ten days to uncork that veto pen and veto this. then we ll have votes in the senate and the house. we ll see whether or not republicans chip away or whether not that number stays at 59 opposed. two quick points. two of the most vulnerable republicans out there, senator thom tillis and corey gardener, they voted to stay with the president. earlier thom tillis looked like he was going to defy the president. he stayed with them. all three border state republicans voted with the president. ali. hans, thank you. let s get casey back into the conversation. i think she s with us. there you are, casey. apparently this is in real time. i think so. i m sorry for the eight second delay. all good. thank you for having me.
sam and i were talking about this. the yo the idea that they had unified republican government for two years. the wall was never a priority. border state republicans are on the record opposed to it. the idea that they now refuse to open the government, he s going to just do what he wants them to do. a.b. stoddard, sam stein, it s great to have you here, thank you. e, thank you. s watching too, saying [indistinct conversation] [friend] i ve never seen that before. i have. the nation s largest senior-living referral service.
look, if you were going to map out a scenario for things going poorly, this is it. right? poorly for the president. this is it. what it looks like to america is what it is. poor management and poor planning. i mean, it would never be okay for a company to say on the verge of the holidays, we re not sure if we re going to be able to keep operating. but it s also a campaign promise that very few republicans even support. texas republicans, border state republicans are going, nope. a wall won t work for us. you raise add critical point i peel people aren t focusing enough on. it wasn t a building a wall. it was we re bidding a wall and mexico s paying for it. when you hear trump white house staff asked that question they keep saying, we re going to build a wall. we re going to build a wall and think americans are going to forget. i don t think americans are going to forget that mexico was supposed to pay for it when some of their neighbors aren t going
act. democrats say we need to act and we say we need to act. when that happens, we act. on a democratic leader sas the president should handle it. him mr. president, i will lend you my pen, any pen. you can fix it yourself. orrin hatch circulating a letter calling for a pause on family separations until congress has time to pass a legislative fix. hatch argues family should not have to suffer while congress takes the time to get this done right. border state republicans say that the answer is handling families in a sympathetic way. we need to enforce the law but do so in a way that keeps families together in a humane, compassionate way. it is a complex problem. not enforcing the law is not an option, at least for me. there is at least some bipartisan agreement. if you detain them, detain them as a family unit. if you send one back, send them all back. senate judiciary says president trump must be on board