immigration and criminal enforcement have been strongly linked. roughly 20% of criminal alien removal in 2011 were four persons who had committed immigration offenses for which they had been criminally prosecuted. that is about 20%. we have seen growing numbers of removals of persons with criminal convictions. in 2012, nearly 55% of the people we moved had been convicted of a crime. in to us say, less than 1/3 had been. the fourth finding -- in to us eighth, less than 1/3 had been. -- 2008, less than 1/3 had been. the dhs confirms removal not based on an order of removal. it includes voluntary departure, but also includes other things. voluntary departures are not just voluntary. they have increased overall. there are 1.7 million returns in 2000, but 323,000 in 2011. far fewer returns than removals in 2011. returns are granted to mexican nationals and to a lesser extent, canadian national. you would expect to see fewer. this trend is consistent with the notion of -- a formal approval triggers a 18 year bar on readmission. a return does not. detenti

enforcement agencies. the other is immigration and customs enforcement. mark krikorian, what about those who have broken the law in terms of felons are misdemeanors? guest: each of us prioritizes resources every day, regardless of whether it is enforcement or anything else. so ice as before and will always have priorities of who they will go on after. but law enforcement is a combination of going after the top priority of violators but also having a certain level of randomness so that even those who are not murderers or violent criminals know there is a non- zero chance of then getting arrested. it is the same as the irs saying if you are a regular tax payer, not a money launderer or a gangster or a dope dealer, and you do not pay your taxes, we will not come after you because you are not high priority. people would find it absurd if the irs said it. but when the white house tells immigration to do that, somehow it is a good thing. host: another comment on twitter. "realistically speaking, we will not round up 12 million people and send them back." harold

immigration and enforcement goals and punish those who are ultimately granted relief. yet, it's not clear how this problem will be fixed. immigration judges now have dockets of more than is,000 cases each. judges -- 1,000 cases each. judgets have dockets that are far -- judges have dockets that are far larger. the laws have become more complicated over the years and the cases are also factually complex. there has been a d.o.j. hiring freeze in place since january of 2011, although eoir can backfill d.o.j. positions. on the other hand, we are seeing that filings of removal cases in court have decreased over the last year by 25%. the main point i wanted to make on courts is there is an imbalance of resource between enforcement and adjudication, although part are part and parcel of the same system. thank you. >> exactly five minutes. less than five minutes. and i thank you very much, don, for keeping it in time. >> ok. so try to put all of this together, what do we see? we've given you a smattering of what it is that is in the report. there is a great deal more. when you l

the workplace and criminal justice system and immigration enforcement. it is the dawn of the current era on immigration. but i think it reminded us that we do have legislation making that each segment is based on something out. that is essentially built it was a major milestone in the commitment. how important that shiftless. the ability to hire workers is sacrosanct. including hiring anyone they wanted. it was so controversial as all of you know, it ushered in the sanctions and it was soon clear that this was not a variant effective law enforcement tool. it was combined as a law from law-enforcement agencies. many of them could be fraudulently obtained. many have been trying to see if there could be a way to get around to meet the compliance. we started testing various programs to do this thing in electronic and automatic way.

laws now this is according to a report called immigration enforcement formidable machinery but i do want to put these numbers into a little bit of perspective here that's more than the government spends on the f.b.i. the d.a. the u.s. secret service u.s. marshals and the a.t.f. combined and spending has gone up dramatically in the last decades now in terms of immigration enforcement two of the main and titties that get this money is the customs and border and ice and back in two thousand and five the budget for customs and border protection was about six point three billion dollars last year eleven point seven billion dollars that is an eighty five percent increase a similar spike in the budget for u.s. immigration and customs enforcement they spent more little more than three billion back in two thousand and five and last year spent nearly six billion dollars so why the massive increase and how does this fit with the notion that many in this country have that the president is not doing enough to deal with the quote immigration problem actually coming out it was the founder of the o

enforcement agencies. the other is immigration and customs enforcement. mark krikorian, what about those who have broken the law in terms of felons or misdemeanors? guest: each of us prioritizes resources every day, regardless of whether it is enforcement or anything else. so ice as before and will always have priorities of who they will go on after. but law enforcement is a combination of going after the top priority of violators but also having a certain level of randomness so that even those who are not murderers or violent criminals know there is a non-zero chance of then getting arrested. it is the same as the irs saying if you are a regular tax payer, not a money launderer or a gangster or a dope dealer, and you do not pay your taxes, we will not come after you because you are not high priority. people would find it absurd if the irs said it. but when the white house tells immigration to do that, somehow it is a good thing. host: another comment on twitter. "realistically speaking, we will not round up 12 million people and send them back." harold i

laws the report is called the immigration enforcement in the united states the rise of a formidable machinery now to put this into a little perspective that's more than the government spends on the f.b.i. the da the u.s. secret service u.s. marshals service and the a.t.f. combined now spending has gone up dramatically in the last decade back in two thousand and five the budget for the u.s. and customs border protection was about six point three billion dollars and last year was eleven point seven billion that's an eighty five percent increase now a similar spike in the budget for u.s. immigration and customs enforcement or ice which spent a little more than three billion back in two thousand and five and in two thousand and twelve spent nearly six billion so why the massive increase and how does this fit with the notion that many in this country have the president obama isn't doing enough to deal with the quote immigration problem actual caballero is the founder of the organization cuenta me and joins me now from our studios in los angeles hey there axel let me get your take transla

immigration and customs enforcement is one of those primary and immigration enforcement agencies. the other is u.s. customs and border protection. what do you think about the priority of looking for those who have broken the law in terms of felons or misdemeanors? guest: each of us prioritizes our resources every day, regardless of whether it is the enforcement or anything else. ice will have priority is about to they go after, but law- enforcement has to always be a combination of going after the top priority violators while also having a certain level of randomness so that even people who are not violent criminals realize there's a chance of getting arrested. what ice has been told by the to do now is toounc say if you are a regular taxpayer, not a money launderer or adult dealer, and you don't pay taxes, we're not going to come after you, because you are not a high priority for us. people would find that a surge if the irs said that. but somehow it's a good thing in this case. you can send us your tweets. in texas, harold is a democrat. welcome. caller: hello. i love c-span. tw

address the status of people living here illegally while securing our borders and creating an immigration enforcement system that ensures we will not again confront another 11 million people coming here illegally. on day one of our bill, the people here without status who are not criminals or security risks will be able to live and work here legally. that will make it easier for them to learn english without fear of deportation. but to prove to the american people that we are serious about permanently ending illegal immigration to the u.s., we say we will never put these individuals on a path to citizenship until we have secured our borders and combated the people overstaying their legal viz sass. we are asking our colleagues in the house and senate to join us in this difficult work ft it's time to work together to pass legislation that improves our security, grows our economy and ensures that we will continue to be a nation that lives up to the values of our founders. i'm going to turn it over to senator mccain in a minute. i want to say he has been the grew in our group. his wisdom and strength and

laws the report is called the immigration enforcement in the united states the rise of formidable machinery but i want to put this in perspective for you that's more than the government spends on the f.b.i. the d.a. the u.s. secret service u.s. marshals service and the a.t.f. combined spending has gone up dramatically as well and just in the last decade let's go back to two thousand and five the budget for u.s. customs and border protection was about six point three billion dollars and last year it was eleven point seven billion and eighty five percent increase now i use them aggressions and customs enforcement saw a similar spike their budget back in two thousand and five three point one billion and last year almost six billion dollars. fellow why the massive increase and how does this fit with the notion that many in this country have that president obama isn't doing enough to deal with the quote immigration problem actual comedy at all is the founder of the organization quentin may and join me earlier i asked him what does this say about immigration under the obama administration take a

according to the migration policy institute, immigration enforcement takes its share of federal law enforcement spending. today undocumented migration is below zero. we will not meet our immigration challenge through enforcement alone. the goal of our immigration enforcement policy should be the removal -- we should deport serious offenders. we should not deport people whose serious crime is a lack of papers. by deporting such people we remove the trust between law-enforcement and the immigrant community. if you break up families and of five children of the love and protection of their families all in our zeal to enforce the law according to data, three-fourths of those depotting have no convictions. those in the communities must be part of the overall reform. it is a time to put an end to the practice of deporting non serious criminals. our neighborhoods would be safer and our families would be more secure. reform cannot wait another political season. already we are hearing the voices of those who did not learn the lessons of november or who have chosen to ignore them. this is the right year,

spends on immigration enforce cemetery more than on all other principle law enforcement agencies combined. analysts looked at reform during president obama's second term. >> good morning, everyone. happy new year. both to those who have joined us today and to those who are at home viewing this event. i'm president of the migration policy institute and i would like to welcome you all to the discussion of the institute's latest report with the title of "immigration enforcement in the united states, the rise of the formidable machinery." as you will see during the presentation and as you will conclude after the event is over, indeed it is a formidable machinery that has been created in the united states over the past decade or decade and a half. the release of the report could not come at a more appropriate ti ti time. since the election, but even before that, the president and leaders in the democratic party in the u.s. congress, both chambers of the u.s. congress, as well as key republican leaders, have repeatedly said that this is the time for broad reform of the u.s. immigration system.

why would we believe that washington is going to enforce new immigration law if it's not enforcing the current law? every day, thousands of criminal illegal aliens are aphandied -- apprehended by local law enforcement, they contact i.c.e. and i.c.e. directs them to release the criminal aliens. there is no reason to believe that if we pass the reform willing, they're going to change anything, they're going to beef up enforcement or change it in any way. >> a lot of times, you know, state and local governments have had to deal with the on- the-ground issues of all of this. one of the things that came up was the electronic registration for immigrants. some folks on the left have voiced concerns about this, especially the aclu. do you have a problem with people having to register with the government? do you think this population will be receptive to doing that? >> and thank you very much, tom. i would agree with corey we have a problem andha is the problem that congress is not a directioning reform. with regard to the principles laid out, specifically e verify, the problem that social secu

the nonpart son migration policy institute says immigration has become the government's highest law enforcement priority. among those likely to be unhappy with this report, critics who say the administration has been soft on immigration violators. >>> president obama meets with his defense secretary today but it's not his new choice for that job, former nebraska senator chuck hagel that has republicans reeling. nbc's tracie potts is live in washington this morning with more on how his pentagon and cia nominations could prompt the next big fight on capitol hill. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, everyone. we're already seeing democrats and republicans here with concerns about hagel. john brennan, protests by aclu and others on that nomination. protests outside the white house questioning whether john brennan spoke out loudly enough against controversial interrogation tactics. that's why brennan dropped out last time he was considered to head the cia. this time, he's courting both sides. >> although i consider myself neither a republican nor a democrat, i very much look forward to w

enforcement picture. i don't think that there's any question but that the funding of immigration agencies and enforcement functions is going to -- it's probably not going to decrease but it's certainly likely to be on a straight line. so straight-line funding, it leads to far more focus on efficiency and effective programs. looking in at outcomes measuring and assessing the evaluation etc.. that keeps you within the box of what is presently going on so i think that's going to be happening in any event. obviously if the congress decides on a much bigger redesign of immigration, there will be very strong cost implications and there will be different ways that this enforcement machinery can be used to enforce the law but also to implement changes and relieve some of the pressure from the enforcement that is presently -- >> if i may go back on this question and how it's been raised because that's an extremely important question. i think doris you are basically saying the -- such that we are going to continue with very large numbers, removal of detention etc. etc. etc. but if i could ask another variable whic

warren of massachusetts said -- a new report says the obama administration spend more money on immigration enforcementthe past fiscal year that it did on all other federal law for the agencies combined. immigration policy institute says the u.s. spent about $18 billion on immigration enforcement programs, surpassing the combined budgets of the fbi, bureau of alcohol, tobacco crossfire arms and explosives, drug enforcement administration, and secret service. the number criminal prosecutions for immigration related violations has skyrocketed, now accounting for more than half of all criminal prosecutions of the federal level. the report's authors conclude obama's top priority when it comes to law enforcement. illinois is said to become the latest to allow undocumented immigrants to obtain driver's licenses. the governor has pledged to sign a new bill that will allow about 250,000 immigrants to become licensed drivers. only washington and new mexico currently allow licenses for undocumented people while utah allows driving permits. connecticut recently announced young immigrants who qualify for the obama

the nonpartisan research group the migration policy institute says immigration has become the government's highest law enforcementriority. among those likely to be unhappy with that report, critics who say the administration has been soft on immigration violators. >>> after weeks of recovery from a concussion that led to a blood clot in her head, secretary of state hillary clinton was back in action monday as clinton presided over a state department meeting, her staff welcomed her back with a gag gift, a football helmet with the state department seal on it. she also got a football jersey with the number 112, the record setting number of countries secretary of state clinton visited while in office. >>> in colorado, a week long preliminary hearing is underway for james holmes, the lone gunman charged with killing 12 people in an aurora movie theater last july. as nbc's mike taibbi reports, the graphic testimony is the most detailed account yet of what happened on that tragic night. >> reporter: more than 100 victims' relatives and survivesor packed two overflow rooms to hear details against james holmes seemingly u

enforcement is at an all-time high and illegal immigration at net zero. hard to argue we have this out of control situation like we did before and -- >> we have people in this country -- >> right. >> -- who need a status. >> right. going back to what you mentioned of marco rubio, beyond ironic so against amnesty. this isn't amnesty. it is a planned of earned citizenship. amnesty is what his family took advantage of through the special status of cuban refugees. >> part of ronald reagan's plan. >> the democrats need to sell it as earned citizenship. it is not amnesty. >> let's play for you what jay carney said on the plan we should hear in about 30 minutes from the bipartisan group. let me play it. >> the president welcomes the efforts by the bipartisan group in the senate to put forward principles on the need for comprehensive immigration reform. principles that mirror the president's blueprint. i'm not going to negotiate legisla legislative tactics from here. >> so does this mean the president will allow the lawmakers to take the lead, especially when you

more money is spent on immigration enforcement than any other law enforcement combined. >> understand the argument you're making and the business community over woman the supports you. they want this immigration reform, they want people who are here illegally to be given citizenship. what i'm trying to get at is there is clearly opposition to this reform. we heard it in that peace and we hear it all of the time from conservatives in the country who say there cannot be amnesty for people who are here was broken the law. >> well, and that is the why we're having this conversation. there has been an analysis that just says, if we continue to take this position, given the numbers of what's happened with demographics, -- by the way, not all immigrants are latinos. they're the biggest group. >> the fastest growing group is actually asian americans. >> ok, but the point is that whether or not republicans actually say, well, we have to take a look at this and the liver, what does that mean? will there be a path to citizenship? let's have the conversation become more national so that everyone

enforce the law. head of the immigration and customs enforcement union joins us next. ♪ ♪ lori: senator jeff sessions or the resignation of immigration and customs important director john morton and said there can be no comprehensive immigration reform until he steps down. his call for resignation comes as a federal judge clears the lawsuit filed by as agents against morton at homeland security director janet napolitano. the agents claim, this is the background, the obama administration has forced agents to violate federal law by halting the arrests of most illegal immigrants. my first guest says, we have become the impact to have an enemy of this illustration. our own officers are now the enemy. joining us is president of nestle immigration and customs important council representing more than 7,000 agents and employees. welcome. >> thank you. thank you for having a son. lori: this really amounts to the bottom line to mobile all-star with the bottom line, you are suing the government to allow you to enforce the law >> that's absolutely correct command is this what the vatican to this point. but that h

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no sovereign country can be sovereign for long if it is not an immigration enforcement mechanisms.eality 11 million human beings that will be interested airlines whether they have documents are not and have to address that as well. lou: senator, i have covered this issue for some long time. i have -- i put forward a syllogism over three years ago. i will exceed to anyone's on this issue. who comports to resolving the syllogism, and it is simply this. if we are to reform immigration laws, we must control immigration. the only land on which to control immigration is to control our borders and ports. does that make sense to you? >> it does, and the principles reflects that. the law has to reflect that, the principles do. one thing that we do that is not getting enough attention, really big deal. maybe because i'm from florida it is a bigger deal to me. someone comes into this country and a temporary visa. we know when the command but not if they have relief. on other things i call for is a full implementation of the season -- lisa. 40 percent of our undocumented people enter legally a

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a group that lobbies for strict immigration enforcement. >> they have been in the country breaking the law all that period of time and that should earn them no priority with regard to people who have been waiting outside the country. >> martin says allowing the coleen's to stay in the u.s. will be no more effective than stopping illegal immigration that a 1986 law that allowed 3 million illegal immigrants to apply for legal resident status. >> we've been here, like i said, for 22 years. is that the back of the line? what is the back of the line? >> the coleen family believes the political muscle hispanics showed at the polls will push democrats and republicans to pass immigration reform with a path to citizenship this year. bill whitticker, cbs news, los angeles. >>> a rare and complicated double transplant gives a veteran the use of his arms. the amazing thing he can already make his fingers do. >>> how studying to play steve jobs in a movie made ashton kutcher really sick. cbs 5 high definition doppler is dry tonight. find out how long the sunshine is going to stick around. your supe

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to check the immigration status of its patients no actually steve it's the civic duty of immigration enforcement to check the status of supposedly undocumented immigrants the civic duty of a hospital is to treat the sick and injured no matter who they are that's part of the deal of being a compassionate and healthy nation but in arizona if you're bleeding or in cardiac arrest make sure you remember your immigration papers before going to the hospital and now the very very ugly the gun lobby each year the gun lobby including groups like the n.r.a. the national shooting sports foundation spends millions of dollars on marketing guns and shooting sports but now a large portion of that money is being spent to market products to children new consumers right take for instance junior shooters a gun lobby supported magazine that seeks to get children interested in guns past additions of the magazine have featured articles titled glocks are for girls one edition even featured a cover image of a young girl smiling and holding on to a semiautomatic rifle like the bushmaster used to kill several young girls

we wrote the trust between law enforcement and immigrant community. we need to provide love and protection and enforcing law. almost three fourths of those deported have no serious own convictions. so it must be part of the overall reform of the immigration policy. he put an end to the practice of reporting on serious criminals. neighborhoods will be safer and our families will be more secure. this is an ambitious agenda and immigration reform cannot wait another political season. we are already hearing the voices of those who did not learn the lessons of november who have children to ignore them. this is not right here, they say. the agenda is too crowded, they caution. you've even heard it argued that immigration reform should be hunted again. well, washington should be able to walk and chew gum at the same time. congress is capable of enacting responsible gun safety legislation and comprehensive immigration reform. [applause] is not the fault of the full faith and credit of the united states of america. other voices are calling for a peaceful approa

actually there is rigorous rigorous immigration enforcement by frank that frankly my view is unimaginablei'm someone who believes we should have fairly tight immigration but i don't think it's possible. part of it you want to look at the dimension long practice and some of our friends favor more agricultural labor would think that lax policies of best practice but my perspective canada has one that seems to be meeting canada's economic needs. canada has a large number of poor people for example. there is a successful assimilation of chinese origin etc. in their political and civic life so i think of them as a positive role model. >> i think we need to think of immigration also in the sense that not what we can control because it's very difficult for the government to get a handle on a lot a lot of these things. we need to recognize a lot of people will come here no matter what policy we said. weekend said canadian arras gillian policy and put in place a great guestworker visa program for point system and make it geared towards high-skilled workers. we have the system right now that doesn'

border security and enforcement of immigration laws and said the united states, too tough ones in my opinion are what you do with that ten, 11 million people who are in the united states today, obviously not going to have a trail of tears headed back to the border of millions o people leaving, but i also did not think the american people have in the stomach for saying, okay. you are here now. we will put you on a path the citizenship. those zero was done in 1986 terminology was leaked -- all it did was lead to ever accelerating illegal immigration into the united states. 40 percent of thpeople of illegally in the country entered legally. gerri: the go-ahead. >> the other pnt was, what do you do to ensure the american people that if you go ahead with a significant immigration reform bill, what assurance that thy have that things will be different in that future presidents will enforce the law like recent presidents of both parties have not? gerri: all right. thank you for coming of the show, appreciate your time. thank you. >> thank you. gerri: for more on this, want to bring in secre

martin is with the federation for american immigration reform, a group that lobbies for strict immigration enforcement. >> they've been in the country breaking the law all that period of time and that should earn them no priority with regard to people who've been waiting outside the country. >> reporter: martin says allowing the collins to stay in the u.s. will be no more effective at stopping illegal immigration than a 1986 law that allowed three million illegal immigrants to apply for legal resident status. >> we now have 11 or 12 million illegal aliens in the country. instead of cutting down on illegal immigration, it led to an increase. >> reporter: there are folks who will say that your family and families like yours should get to the back of the line. >> we've been here, like i said, as aspiring citizens for 22 years. is that the back of the line? what is the back of the line? >> reporter: the colin family believes the political muscle hispanics showed at the polls in november will push democrats and republicans to pass immigration reform with a path to citizenship this year. scott? >> pelley: b

his 11-year-old son jose witnessed the agents from immigration and customs enforcement as they took his father into custody. >> monday morning when we were going to school, my dad was outside. when i was going to go with him to open the car, these guys came and they got him and they arrested him. [indiscernible] >> last night after a campaign led by community organizers with the group puente arizona and his son and others, edi arma was reunited with his family. he was given permission to stay and work in the country for one year, but still faces the threat of deportation. now, he and his son joined us from phoenix. we're also joined by viridriana hernandez, a dream activist who helped in the campaign. we welcome you all to "democracy now!" let's begin with jose. jose, you are 11 years old. you helped for your dad from detention. how do you feel today? >> today i feel happy that he is out and then let him go. >> edi, why were you taken into custody? how does it feel to be free after several weeks? >> [speaking spanish] >> can you translate? >> i feel happy and blessed to be here. i and p

government has spent more than $187 billion on immigration enforcement laws since 1986 and since thenent the actions taken and the case volume, it is fair to say the obama administration has made immigration enforcement its highest criminal law enforcement priority. >>> the administration's economic priority right now is the raising of the debt ceiling. u.s. has gotta lift it by the end of february or early march or else it will default on its fiscal obligations. this should be a routine exercise but republicans once again are threatening to hold the debt limit increase hostage in exchange for spending cuts which happened back in august of 2011 and standard & poors downgraded our credit rating at just the threat of default alone. as republicans call for a dollar for dollar match raising the debt ceiling versus spending cuts is very important that we remember this is an illogical demand. the debt ceiling has to do with paying off the bills that we've already incurred. we want to talk about future spending cuts and future deficit reduction. that's entirely separate conversation. in fact

according to the migration policy institute, immigration enforcement takes its share of federal law enforcement spending. today undocumented migration is below zero. we will not meet our immigration challenge through enforcement alone. the goal of our immigration enforcement policy should be the removal -- we should deport serious offenders. we should not deport people whose serious crime is a lack of papers. by the courts of people we remove the trust between law- enforcement and the immigrant community. if you break up families and of five children of the love and protection of their families all in our zeal to enforce the law -- according to data, three-fourths of those supporting have no convictions. those in the communities must be part of the overall reform. it is a time to put an end to the practice of deporting non serious criminals. our neighborhoods would be safer and our families would be more secure. reform cannot wait another political season. already we are hearing the voices of those who did not learn the lessons of november or who have chosen to ignore them. this is the right ye

they're relying upon this administration which has not been enforcing immigration laws so they decidere going to enforce immigration laws and the provisions will always be tied up in court meanwhile amnesty will be implemented immediately. this may be good for citizens of other countries but it is not good for american taxpayers and not good for american workers. liz: a path to citizenship. saying i play by the rules, my family were immigrants, my family did it legally and not essentially say this path of citizenship, is the fear we have 11 million or more immigrants in here, thinking i could open the door to even more illegal immigrants coming in the door? >> right. is it a little bit of an insult to the legal immigrants in our country and would-be immigrants waiting to come in because basically saying you play by the rules, we waited our turn and instead we will reward individuals who caught in the front of the line, why should anybody have to wait in line again, why shouldn't they, the country illegally? it will encourage illegal immigration and individuals figure they can get in a

investigators with immigrations and customs enforcement or i.c.e. have worked to get 173 children safe from these individuals. girls ranging in age from 19 days to 9 years old. and most troubling, 79% of the children knew their abusers. >> they are people these children should have been able to trust. >> we're talking about the sexual abuse, the rape, the molestation of very, very young children who have no able to speak up for themselves, defend themselves, get to law enforcement. >> it is tough to hear, but we -- >> reporter: it is tough to hear, but we should be outraged and these are all our children. please log ontour website if you need to take a closer look at these pictures. i'll give you a phone number on the bottom of your screen. can you call i.c.e. if you have any information. back to you. >> when you hear people say certain people belong under a prison, that's who these people are. >>> a plea bargain is expected today in the case of a former corrections officer and the case caused an uproar in st. george's county. charles joseph is accu

enforcement agencies combined. a nonpartisan research group, the migration policy institute says immigration has become the government'sighest law enforcement priority. it found spending last year was 15 times greater than in 1986. >>> chris christie's approval rating surged but he's getting criticized by the senate leader who say he may have prayed for superstorm sandy to give him cover for failed economic policies. he immediately apologized for the community. >>> today we're remembering richard ben cramer, he wrote one of the greatest political books ever, what it takes, the way to the white house, about the '88 km campaign. he died yesterday from lung cancer. >>> leon panetta had a little fun for the luncheon announcement for the successor. >> the time has to for me to return to my wife and three sons and their families and six grandchildren and my walnut farm. dealing with a different set of nuts. >> that's a good line. >>> if you read only one thing this morning, here's a question that got my attention. is someone you work with a genuine bon fid psych path. >> there's research on psychopaths among us and what prof

kissinger joins us on the growing unrest in the middle east, the president of the national immigration and customs enforcement will be with us. veteran democratic campaign strategist among our guests. stay with us. were coming right back. the president could not resist putting himself right in the middle of immigration reform initiatives. what initiative was a really? the "a-team" will have the answers. go to loudobbs.com for links to ♪ making the big romantic gesture. that's powerful. verizon. get a droid razr m by motorola in pink for $49.99. ♪ lou: former vice president and climate change activist al gore does not like being called a hypocrite. he is trying to explain his sale of his property to algeciras, the network funded by oil money. here is the vice president today explaining it all away. >> funding for my country that bases its wealth on fossil fuels, and fossil fuels of the enemy. >> and get the criticism. i just disagree because this network is established itself. the objective, one major awards in countries around the world, and climate coverage has been outstanding and extensive. lou: and have t

american people that so-called reform is a big amnesty program with no prospect of meanful immigration enforcementthe future -- [overlapping dialogue] -- >> jamie: hold on. >> everything the administration has done, everything the obama administration has done and people like senator durbin have done for four years has undermined any pressure for legislative action and policy, when we have talked about piecemeal reforms like marco rubio and an e-verify bill to get the americans the jobs that are available. the president opposed that. a stem package for high-tech visas -- not that we supported that -- but the president says, that's so popular, we want to attach an unpopular massive amnesty program -- in exchange for anything that is needed. >> jamie: let me have you weigh in here, francisco. have you a deal citizenship -- >> why is that so surprising -- [overlapping dialogue] >> conflict of interest. >> jamie: you have a different perspective than having lived in both countries and making your living here in this country. tell me, as someone who came to this country and made your life here, what yo

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