- 32 of them are republicans, seven of them are powerful committee chairman just like congressman goodladthey are certainly feeling the heat on immigration reform, what else is driving so many of them to walk away from the the hill? who better to ask then chairman goodlatte himself, thanks to have you with us again. let's start with the bill today, i want to start with e-verify. this is something that would hold employers responsible and accountable for hiring people and attracted them to this country illegally. that's something we see completely die in the senate. why is there opposition from both republicans and democrats? >> i think it's some kind of fear about the reality of the situation. 750,000 american businesses voluntarily use the e-verify program. it's expensive, you can do it on your smartphone or a minute or two. it's 99.7% accurate. gives them safe harbor until they figure out whether they have a false positive or false negative in those cases. it's definitely something that is needed because obviously somebody the maxim of the people who are not participating in it don't wa

people in the house like goodlad and labrador. there are plenty of hard lined republicans who think we need the daca deal and it's the way to build the wall. >> laura: i think you're right, there is not votes to do that. >> if you want to find the money the way to get the money out of congress you need a bipartisan vote. >> laura: if people actually thought a fortified border was important. , we need roads there, we need a wall. >> we need more men, we need judges, we did all kinds of things. >> laura: that is an absolute must have come out why link it to the daca at all? what does it have to do? >> before he was inoculated he said we should do something for the daca kids? why not have some democrat vote votes? >> laura: your for enforcement enforcement. >> i certainly am a republican i'm not a democrat. >> laura: chuck schumer has said he is for enforcement. >> but they also want to do something for the daca kids. >> laura: i want to believe in my heart of hearts there is not some major sellout in the offing. i can't imagine the

. >> many house conservatives are supporting representative bob goodlad's -- he has set a march 5th deadlineor congress to settle the daca issue. things just beginning to get under way, shannon. >> shannon: all right, thank you very much. the new immigration proposal lighting a fire under the right already. not just the numbers we are talking about. 1.8 million but also the idea the so-called dreamers could ultimately become citizens. >> over a period of ten to 12 years, they do a great job, they work hard, it gives them incentive to do a great job. if they do a great job, i think it's a nice thing to have the incentive of after a period of years, being able to become a citizen. >> shannon: with fox news politics editor and editor of "the halftime report, chris stirewalt. how are you? >> word up. >> shannon: how do you feel about what happened for in the white house today? >> i'm surprised about how workable it is. you have the start of potentially something big, the beginning of donald trump had a very runge launched his presidency. but, i think this is off a piece with the mueller part, we

. >> will you stay or will you move further to -- >> i think cotton and purdue and goodlad and the peoplehat i've been dealing with, cornyn, these are people that really have shifted a lot. they've really shifted a lot, and i think they're willing to shift more and so am i. >> you said 10 to 12 years for citizenship for the d.r.e.a.m.ers. >> we will see if we make the right deal i think they will. these are people that have very strong opinions on daca and/or immigration generally and, yeah, i happen to think they're largely right. look, we're going to try to make a deal on daca we have a good chance of making it what we need is we need the wall we need security we need security at the border we have to stop the drugs coming in we need safety we need a strong military. we need all those more than ever before we've been in war so we needed it then. we need to be sure that our military is properly funded and it would be really great to get rid of the -- you know, we'd like to have a regular budget. >> will you ask for 27 billion >> we're asking. >> did chuck schumer -- >> we agreed to 25 bi