weakened, some of them eviscerated by this bill. this bill is far weaker, mr. president, than the 2007 legislation. i don t think there s any doubt about that. senate debate today, republicans taking shots at the bipartisan immigration reform bill. which finally went on the senate floor today. maria theresa kumar is the president of voto latino and an msnbc contributor and joins us now, yesterday steve king s amendment from iowa on the house side passed stripping money for the dreamers. are the president s initiative the one you supported so strongly in trouble here? i think what steve king and the fact that la ra door he left the house negotiations idaho is labrador. he left the house on the equivalent of the gang of six, they re playing hardball, they ve gotten everything they wanted and are trying to get as much as possible. the fact that they keep saying that border security is on the line. our border has never been more