blank check and are insisting on changes to a 2008 bush-era law which treats central american refugees different from immigrants from mexico. sonoran john mccain and jeff flake unveiled a memo thursday which would change the law requiring mandatory detention or the use of all the tiffs like ankle bracelets the it would also makes 15,000 additional refugee visas available for el salvador, honduras and ecuador. henn henry quear is also working on right now the republicans don t appear to have the votes to pass those stand-alone measures. nancy pelosi tells me yesterday she opposes the change, thoughi not a deal breaker. if it s a burning building, we have to put out the fire. i m not going to have a conversation about the color of the buckets the water is in.
does he protect more undocumented immigrants from deportation? does he allow some to stay on a work permit? the announcement is expected in the next couple weeks, by the end of the splismt that could go a long ways in terming whether that fast-growing hispanic electorate really mobilizes in november or do they stay home disappointed that nothing happened? it certainly would be fascinating to see. alan gomez, thanks for joining us. we appreciate it. thanks, luke. the white house has plenty of republican critics, but it s a democrat who s been one of the the biggest this morning in their side. that s congressman henry quear. he s been hammers the president irday this we re. i hope it doesn t become president obama s katrina moment. i m sure that president bush thought the same thing, that he