immigrants contribute more -- we've got tons of studies we can send over to you, but immigrants contribute more than they take. it is a lie that they take public benefits, because they don't qualify for just about every benefit. there are some states like my state of washington is very generous to immigrant kids. we don't check status on some of the benefits that we provide to children in health care. but immigrants are not eligible for benefits. so this is a myth that people are spreading because of valuable -- it is valuable to able to wedge a working person and immigrant and blame somebody but, john, that is not who you need to blame. who you need to blame are the big corporations that aren't paying their fair share of taxes and are creating jobs that don't pay as well and do not allow somebody to work 40 hours a week and actually take care ofth families. i am on the side of the working person across the country whether you live in rural or urban america. but let's not blame immigrants. it's going down the wrong path. it's always easier to have somebody to blame. but immigrants are not

it is not against immigration, and it is about making sure immigration serves our interests. host: your group put out a report this week on the costs of illegal immigration. what are the takeaways? guest: over the years our cost of these have been the most cited once. historically it has been a challenge because state and local governments have not kept the data. in the last five years there has been an emergence of good data. we scrubbed everything we can find to update the study we have done from about 10 years ago. there is a good study from pew, the census bureau, and the picture is what you might expect, which is in a high value added postindustrial society, public education, medical care, what have you, illegal immigrants tend to be lower skilled than the average population and the higher skilled legal immigrants, so the costs are dramatic. when you look at the data, you see why the pressure from certain financial interests is so strong to perpetuate the flow of illegal immigrants because it is the taxpayers who are supporting this cost. we estimate $135 billion nationa

best immigrant there is.t actually, i find, you know, this idea that immigrants are good for the economy and good for the culture very disturbing and that's, i'm tempted to say distasteful because, you know, the narrative that -- that america is a nation of immigrants, first of all, ignores people who were brought here involuntarily and people who were brought here indigenously opinioned america accepts immigrants because they are good and not because america is good. there's a real hand in that because the very idea of giving refuge is not based on how much the refugees will benefit the economy or the culture, right, and the distinction between refugees and immigrants, i think, is -- problematic. i mean, it's obviously artificial. the idea that political persecution can be meaningfully separated from economic hardship, you know, i think is absurd on the face of it, and i -- and i say those as great immigrant and also as somebody who came here on a refugee visa, right, and i got my refugee visa because a jew,

immigrant. often, we get the cream of the crop and they had been selected out of a filtration system tied to aspirations, so i went to help people with that. we have gotten the best the rest of the world has to offer and this is one of the reasons for american bigger. let's -- american vigor. let's keep doing that. one of the things i love to do is go to naturalization ceremonies and welcome them as new citizens. the most impressive i attended was in the executive office building with emilio gonzalez, at the time head of the citizenship immigration services, and he is himself an immigrant from cuba. the speech he gave -- he said, we were in the indian room looking over the south lawn, and he said to those be naturalized that day, i wanted to look out that window and look and think about the person that lives in that house next door, the president of the united states, and i wanted to know from this day forward, that person in that house is no more american than you are. he really hit that tone h

our immigration law is stacked against the people, the immigration law, a family preference, because i don't have a family here, i need to maintain my student status and employer, that is the only way to be a legal resident through employment. i got a job offer from citibank and working for several fortune 500 companies maintaining my work visa and eventually daimlerchrysler waiting to sponsor me with a work visa but because of the supply of the visa it is less and the demand so i am stuck for five years with 0 programs so i got married at the end of that process, that is how i became a us citizen, through marriage. >> host: do you think if you haven't gotten married you would be in the system somewhere? >> guest: probably not. by the end of that i had run out of options and that is another hurdle. when you don't know how long, i cannot buy a house or change jobs because the next employer is waiting to assume all legal costs and the risk is to continue the process and they are waiting to do that. i am at the end of the rope and have to leave. >> host: you write in your book "the brok

usually a previous immigrant.ccording to data, in recent years every so-called "initiating immigrant," the first one, has brought an average of 3.5 family members into the country with him. if for some countries the rate is even higher. each legal immigrant from mexico has brought an average of more than six additional family members here as well. many of these family members have little prospect for contravening economically. for instance, 24% of immigrants are older than 50 so if they become u.s. citizens they can become eligible for social security and medicare despite paying very little into those programs. none of this is an attack on anyone as an individual, willing to believe in most of these people as immigrants are good people because they like the are good people. but it is still an extremely expensive proposition for america, far more than most people understand. all this ought to weigh heavily on congress as it debates passing and amnesty for daca beneficiaries, supposedly by not fingering a legal grou

a priority for immigration with arrest rates more than doubling for immigrants without criminal records. nearly 6 million u.s. citizen children live with at least one unauthorized family member. since election we seen reports of spikes and fear and distress among young children because of fears of potentially losing a loved one through deportation. the administration's decision to weeks ago to rescind the docketa program. kicking them out of the workforce would result in the loss of more than $460 billion from our national gdp in the next ten years. in california alone, home to the largest share of docket beneficiaries removing 194,000 workers would cost more than $11.6 billion in annual gdp losses. for states like texas where we saw dreamers risking their lives during hurricane harvey relief efforts, we can expect $6.3 billion in annual losses is 108,000 workers could be removed from the labor force. meanwhile, recent poll shows us that americans widely support given dreamers the chance to stay permanently in america including 73% of trump voters. allowing young immigrants to stay in t

it doesn't fix our immigration system. we got to work on comprehensive immigration reform. we begin with the president's recent decision to eliminate daca and put congress on the clock. we should be acting today to protect our dreamers. 800,000 young immigrants, not members of ms-13, their lives depend on it. i urge my colleagues to vote for this motion to recommit, and i yield back, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back his time. for what purpose does the gentlelady from virginia seek recognition? mrs. comstock: i rise in opposition to the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for five minutes. mrs. comstock: i thank you, madam speaker. in 2015, on an alexandria playground, mr. beyer's district, eight miles from this capitol, the body of a 24-year-old man was left nearly decapitated in a grizzly murder by one of the thousands of ms-13 gang members in our country. i should also mention that victim was also an ms-13 gang member. this very capitol region has the second highest number of ms-13 gang members. crimin

. -- legal immigration. not just illegal immigration. you see his real hesitancy to move forward with immigration legislation whether it is a daca deal are not, because there is economic frustration in his state and a display and at times on rising immigration levels for the lack of jobs. you see senators very reluctant to see these deals move forward on something like daca. they would rather focus on limiting legal immigration. what we will have to see from mcconnell and ryan is, they know their ranks that daca is politically popular. if you deal with dock and provide a pathway to people in the polls, it is clinically populace. that is why president trump seems to engage on this. he knows his hard-line positions on immigration issues is popular with his base, but daca is popular nationwide. they have to deal with the sen. cottons. how do they frame the deal? both leaderships want to get something done on daca. the question is, what does it look like? it looks like republicans may be going against their own

he was not doing the job on illegal immigration, soi not doing the job on illegal immigration, so i didement officer to do that. maybe he should have been doing the job instead of going out with all these activists, raising money against me. as a highly respected lawman, you have been decorated across the united off states... the world. why are you facing an investigation from the bureau? when you are high profile, you do get people looking into you. is quite extraordinary in your case, you seem to have upset so many people. a whole host of local of issue officials accuse you of abusing your power to investigate them. notjust what we talked about, you're policing methods with minority groups, but also a systematic abuse of your powers locally. that is not true. we co—operate with the grand jury. i have been the first federal official for 30 years, jury. i have been the first federal officialfor 30 years, i know jury. i have been the first federal official for 30 years, i know how the government operates. they can have the investigations, i am not concerned about it. shouldn't you be con

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low-wage immigration certainly does that.he concerns of regular voters who worry about their ability to stay afloat with stagnant wages, pay their mortgages, send their kids to summer camp, pay off their car loan, fear losing their cultural cohesion of their country, no one cares about them. if they think about those worries at all in congress it's only to tell voters their concerns are silly, illegitimate and they are bigots for having them. joining us now, two men behind the studies we told you about.em mark krikorian, the executive director of the center for immigration studies. dan stein is presidentd of the federation for american immigration reform, fair, and they are both in the studio tonight. thank you both for joining us very much. dan, first to you. you produced a study we just referred to that estimates the cost of illegal immigration. it's very different from the estimates that i hear from people i talk to on the show who are proponents of illegal immigration. tell me how you got these. >> it's about assumptions.

the section i'm in right now is mostly illegal immigrants.s place is the brainchild of my guest today — the self—styled ‘toughest sheriff in america,'joe arpaio. he has stoked a national controversy with his all—out campaign against illegal immigrants who are coming into the united states from mexico, just 100 miles and more to the south. the question is, is his campaign riding roughshod over the us constitution? sheriffjoe arpaio, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. in the last three years or so, you focused more and more of your time and your resources on the issue of illegal immigration. why? well, first of all, you talk about resources. i did had special grants from the state legislature, so that helped out. when people talk about "i waste my budget going afterjust illegal aliens," the reason i started focusing on this problem was that two new state laws were passed, that no—one talks about. they talk about the present controversial, called a 1070 law, but we had two other laws pass — human smuggling and employer sanction. so i decided to enf

in immigration.ed to anti—immigrant sentiment whatever the cost to the economy. so diane abbott at the labour party conference. much more from brighton later on. let's check out the weather prospects now. we have an east— west split in our weather at the moment. even the central lowlands will see some significant rain and we will keep an eye on that. it could be quite unpleasant travelling across parts of scotla nd unpleasant travelling across parts of scotland through the afternoon. in central and southern england, across the evening and night time periods, they could be heavy rain. it will turn a bit chilly in the countryside in northern ireland and we could have some low—level dense fog for the morning rush. it may even materialise across parts of wales and the south—west as well. but for most of us, it is going to be distinctly cloudy with patchy rain. still relatively warm at 17 to i9 rain. still relatively warm at 17 to 19 degrees. hello. this is bbc news with me, ben brown. the headlines.

in this country especially undocumented immigrants especially immigrants who are who are doubly persecuted people who are part of the in the l g p t human community perhaps who are also on documented and i i just see this really great outpouring of support and i have no doubt that with this kind of movement that we're building all over the country that we will mount whatever kind of defensive we need against this this administration to ensure that the almost one million dollar recipients who are here in this country today are protected continue to be protected from deportation through legislative action so we're going to continue to fight and we're going to continue to push and it's not even just about the eight hundred thousand or so about the recipients it's about all eleven million of them documented immigrants who are here in this country and i would push back against the narrative. that that these children who are doctor recipients who came here through no fault of their own who who are young and innocent and. they shouldn't have to pay for the sins of their parents i think it's reall

next, a discussion on immigration policy and applications for immigrant communities. we heard about the latest with daca, immigration law enforcement at the borders, and deportation enforcement priorities. this was hosted by the brookings institution. it is about an hour and a half. -- goodgood afternoon morning, everyone. out on a for coming to talk about this incredibly important issue. we have a great panel for you. we have a c-span audience, and of course, a live webcast. tweak,who would like to u.s.immigration. we hope to have a good discussion here and online. way back when when i was a graduate student at the university of california berkeley, where secretary napolitano runs these days, we learned about wedge issues -- wedge issues were those things that really divided the electorate, that get everyone excited, that everyone had opinions about. well, immigration has become a wedge issue. wedge issues come and go, depending upon the year, and clearly, since 2015, one president trump started to run for office, immigration has been at the forefront in terms of one

, both legal immigration and illegal immigration. so the issues of language are issues that i think are much larger and the numbers are much larger where language issues are concerned than simply the daca population. the daca population does and you know, students in general do have a real advantage in the fluency in two languages. >> caller: correct. >> that's particularly important in the labor market. >> jason, can i ask you -- >> caller: i agree with that. do you think it's fair necessarily for predominantly english speaking to have to learn spanish as a trade for education? >> well, you know, education policy in this country is local and up to the states and localities and there are such different points of view. i think you said that your experience was in california, am i correct about that? >> colorado, right? >> caller: excuse me? >> colorado. pardon me. all right. i don't know what colorado's policies are. and i don't -- you know, i think that we're a country that needs to be more focused on foreign languages. we are part o

more than doubling for immigrants without criminal records. and nearly 6 million u.s. citizen children live with at least one unauthorized family member. since the election we've seen reports from across the country of spikes in fear and distress among young children because of fears of potentially losing a loved one to detention or deportation. with all of this increased enforcement, the administrations decision just two weeks ago to resend daca program and leave nearly 800,000 young people in limbo one of catastrophic human and social economic consequences. kappa research has found that taking daca recipients out of the workforce would result in a loss of more than $460 billion from our national and gdp in the next ten years. in california alone, home to the largest share of daca beneficiaries, removing the 194,000 daca eligible workers would cost more than $11.6 billion in annual gdp losses. for states like texas where we saw dreamers risking their lives during hurricane harvey relief efforts, we can expect $6.3 billion in annual losses, as

well, immigration has become a wedge issue. wedge issues kind of come and go, and depending upon the year, and clearly since 2015 when president trump started to run for office, immigration has been at the forefront in terms of one of the wedge issues. it divides not just democrats and republicans, it divides republicans. in fact, there is an nbc/"wall street journal" poll out today that has fascinating divides within the republican party between trump supporters and people who were -- call themselves more or less traditional republicans. so, this is a big issue. this is an issue that everyone has an opinion about as opposed to many of the other issues we talk about here at brookings, telecommunications and things like that. really, people don't -- normal people don't have strong opinions about those issues. this is one where people do have strong opinions and, therefore, it is of interest to everyone. the issue also runs the gamut from what i call a heart issue to a head issue. in other words, people have very strong opinions

all immigration policies should serve the interest of the people of the united states, lawful immigrant and native born alike. congress should carefully and thoughtfully pursue the types of reforms that are ripe for the american people. our nation is comprised of good and decent people who want their government's leaders to fulfill their promises and advance an immigration policy that serves the national interest. we're people of compassion and we're people of law. but there is nothing compassionate about the failure to enforce immigration laws. enforcing the law saves lives, protects communities and taxpayers, and prevents human suffering. failure to enforce the laws in the past has put our nation at risk of crime, violence, and terrorism. the compassionate thing to do is end the lawlessness, enforce our laws, and if congress chooses to make changes to those laws, to do so through the process set forth by our founders in a way that advances the interest of the american people. that is what the president has promised to do and has delivered to the american people. under president trump'

immigration policy from senators graham and durbin. if you missed any of what was said between the two senators, you can watch it on our website, cspan.org. president obama released a letter reacting to president trump's decision to rescind daca. he says in part, immigration can be a controversial topic. we all want safe, secure borders and a dynamic economy and people of goodwill can have legitimate disagreements about how to fix our immigration system. so that everybody plays by the rules. but that's not what the action that the white house took today is about. this is about young people who grew up in america, kids who studied in our schools. young adults who are starting careers. patriots who pledge allegiance to our flag. these dreamers are americans in their hearts and their minds and every single way but one. on paper. just a portion of the letter from former probe. attorney general jeff sessionses made the daca announcement earlier today. his remarks last about 10 minutes. mr. sessions: good morning. i'm here to announce today

top democrats on immigration remains ambiguous. when will we get more clarity? did something happen last week? we will see more reaction from the republican base once this daca legislation starts to move forward on capitol hill. they're already starting to see signs on the right that there will be a real fight against the president to deal with the democrats on that dasue. it would allow, if it continues about 800,000 young undocumented immigrants to stay in the country.strict let's start on the republican side. >> we really have to pay attention to the kind of people and the kind of things that are said at town hall meetings this week. the house gop has the majority and they want to keep that. i was struck by how they articulated the different forces and how they are trying to navigate these forces.a they have an energized left kicause of president trumpmp and they don't hav want to have that rowdy town hall for the next 12 or 13 months.we a we are seeing a left that is really energized. at the same time, moderate republicans are worried about the rate. if you'

we work on all aspects of immigration. very focused on policy, what makes sense and what is not so helpful on policy. host: i should note, a special line for undocumented .mmigrants, (202) 748-8003 (202) 748-8003 is that number. you used to serve as the head of the immigration and naturalization service. , ouris program were to end u.s. border officials, immigration officials, would they be physically able to deport 800,000 people? guest: these young people are people that are unlikely to come into contact with deportation, because they have already passed a criminal background check, are not people that are a threat to public safety. qualify for the program they have to have a clean record. what the program gives them is protection from deportation for two years at a time. it also gives a work authorization so that they can work legally in the country. if that goes away they no longer have the work authorization, which means that they are in jeopardy of losing jobs because they would be -- employers would not have the rig

the way they've used immigrants and have really hade the narrative such that these are all what immigrants do here and whether it's california, texas, iowa or here in washington. i would say amplify your coalition. you're going to have to engage and be respectful to law enforcement. one thing i learned very quickly is the multitask coalition between the feds, states and local governments as well as terrorist cells. how they can collaborate and cooperate. as long as it's not primarily for depooritation purposes right there. and i listened to police chiefs and others and say you're right. we have to fix that and change that because we don't want to prohibit cooperation between the various law forcement agencies in your own backyard. i grew as a result. >> that's very helpful i think. you obviously heard the senator's remarks about california. texas exists in a very different environment. while the california legislature leaned in hard to push for more protective policies at the state level, you've seen texas, attorney general's office leading the charge with sb 4 that would radically changin

we have 5% of the worlds population in 20% of the worlds immigrant, 40% of immigrants wind up on welfare. we take a more legal immigrants than any other country.mm thank you very much. >> guest: a lot of passion with immigration and that's a difficult to get in the build them. the color mentioned wages,s,ne something democrats said the minimum wage needs to be. increased, whether $15 on the center 20 but that legislation has been stalled on capitol hill.be that's a big question, can there be a big deal? we haven't really seen massive sweeping bipartisan deals in recent years unless you'ree govn talking about something like funding the government. and that goes to the political will. do the parties want to have a deal?ec do they want to give president trump a victory on something especially as we get closer to the mid- turn elections where the looking at the president's approval rating the same democrat should pick up seats, it's a matter of how many. >> host: is the lack a big deals sign of the times? >> guest: absolutely. we'll go back to clinton the balanced budget act of 1997 made swe

he is outspokenly against legal immigration, let alone illegal immigration. for years he's an outspoken admir of the race-specific immigration bans of the 1920est klan era in u.s. politics, but it's not like we couldn't have seen this either because of previous echos, or because of the rise of this particular president. i mean, jeff sessions has always stood for this stuff. so has donald trump as a public political figure. even just in presidential politics, he started his campaign saying mexican immigrants were rapists and bringing crime. he proposed a ban on muslims. he arced vehemently that a judge of mexican-american origin could not fairly serve as a judge in a case involving the trump business. remember that? he's a mexican. he's born in indiana, isn't allowed to judge trump because he's a mexican. since the election, trump that is claimed the only reason he lost the popular vote that smoul million of undocumented immigrants voted for hillary clinton. he pardoned a sheriff who profile immigrants despite that it was against the luol. his administration l

would he be willing to sign simply daca immigration. >> he wants to see responsible immigration reformat to be part of it. we can't take a one piece fix. we've got to do an overall immigration reform that's responsible. and frankly that's lawful, and that's what the president wants to see congress do. >> what will be the priorities for him in a comprehensive foreign package? >> to control the border, to improve vetting and immigration security, enforce our laws and do things that protect american workers. >> let me ask you a question on north korea. in the president's mind, is it an option to simply contain a north korea that possesses nuclear weapons? >> certainly the priority of the administration is to have denuclearization of the korean peninsula, and it's also so protect american citizens. certainly the

huckabee sanders: responsible immigration reform. we can't just have one tweak to the immigration system. we need really big fixes and big reform in this process. and we've laid out the principles that we feel are important in that. reporter: thank you,. the president has recently -- as recently as february expressed sympathy for the daca recipients. today we heard in a statement from house speaker paul ryan who said that these so-called dreamers have done nothing wrong. was this a difficult decision for the president to take this drastic action, given what he said as recently as february? and does he agree with house speaker paul ryan, that these individuals, 800,000 individuals, have done nothing wrong? ms. huckabee sanders: i think largely yes. and that's why i said it was one of the things that the president wrestled with this decision. all throughout the weekend. kind of addressed that. i think that's pretty clear. reporter: it was just this weekend that he wrestled with it? it wasn't leading up to it? ms. huckabee sanders: i th

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last not least on the end, doris meissner of the us immigration policy program at the immigration policy institute. 1993-2000 she served as commissioner of the immigration and naturalization service and throughout a stories career in doj served under five presidents. i would like to thank our panelists for joining us for what i hope will be an engaging conversation and i will start with my first question to janet napolitano. recently you joined a lawsuit over the president's decision to rescind daca as president of the university of california. the president's decision to repeal this in a 6-month window with the hope that congress will step in and codify daca into law has made for a lot of controversy throughout the united states and a lot of policy circles. you see a system of 4000 students who are undocumented many of whom have applied for daca protection. can you talk a little bit about what this policy means broadly and what it means for your university system and your students? >> i certainly can. i am very familiar with daca. we did daca when i was secretary of homeland security. w

immigrants. we are called on not simply to tolerate but to celebrate our immigrant communities, to understand not only the need but the value of our immigrant communities, to embrace not just the differences but the diversity of our immigrant communities. president franklin delano roosevelt said remember, remember always that all of us and you and i especially are descended of immigrants and revolutionists. no one knows that better than the commonwealth of massachusetts. we have always believed that no matter who you are or where you come from, you can achieve the american dream. we recognize that our economy and our security are stronger because of the immigrant families who have enriched our nation since its founding. that is why this decision from the trump administration cannot stand. we will not let it. with congress now back in session, republicans should prepare to have an historic debate, a debate about the fairness that we should extend to all of these young people. there are going to be

there's a misconspception is a shield to immigration. they apply visas to 800,000 individuals are not able to work. they won't become a priority now. the priorities remain the same. criminals, security threats, and those who repeatedly violate our immigration laws. the main effect of today's announcement is that work permits and other government benefits are being gradually phased out. rather than leave daca recipients and the men and women of immigration enforcement in confusing limbo while the program was challenged by states in the same court that struck down another of the previous administration's unlawful orders last year. president obama is laying out a 24 -- sorry president trump. no permits will be expiring for another six months and permits will remain active for up to two full years. the president was elected partly on his promise to deliver meaningful immigration reform that puts the jobs, wages and security of the american people first. he is delivering on that promise every day and he was put forward serious proposals to co

immigrant investor. that provision was largely underutilized until the 2008 financial crisis. when real estate developers did not have access to cheap, inexpensive capital and they turned to this program and started to set up regional centers to be conduits to facilitate this flow of immigrant investment. 85% of it is from china at this point. does that? i think we need to address our immigration policies in the local impacts, right? [inaudible] by gabriel didn't get a chance to respond. [inaudible] >> i do that a lot. i'm good at looking like i'm thinking. [laughing] there's a pretty established pattern going back many years in which you will sort of have this push and pull. at this point we need to bring it a lot of mexican immigrants and that's to a government program or just looking the other way when work needs to be done. as soon as it looks like things are tightening up been your programs like operation went back in which suddenly they are demonized and they are rounded up and sent back. the big p