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to our top story the debate

1:24

over a new immigration law has

1:26

caused a rift between moderate

1:29

Republicans who want

1:31

to reform immigration

1:33

without alienating Hispanic

1:35

voters and Conservatives

1:37

who would prefer to turn immigrants

1:39

into some sort of food

1:42

stuff for people on Medicare

1:44

Soilent verde if you will

1:46

I see you've all taken Spanish

1:48

nicely done now at the heart

1:51

of this debate is a bill

1:53

approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee

1:55

that would let illegal aliens take

1:58

steps towards citizenship. Those steps towards

2:00

citizenship, learn... English, pay taxes, and

2:02

start resenting future immigrants. But critics

2:05

say granting citizenship to illegal aliens

2:07

amounts to amnesty for lawbreakers. Senator

2:09

John McCain disagrees. This bill that

2:12

came out of the Judiciary Committee

2:14

effectively does grant amnesty to millions

2:16

of immigrants who were now here

2:19

illegally. Well, Charlie, that's just absolutely

2:21

false. It allows them to earn

2:23

citizenship. Well, I'm not, I, at

2:26

my peril, get into an argument

2:28

with the guy who has fashioned

2:30

this bill over the definition of

2:33

amnesty. But I said a moment

2:35

ago, if they fulfill certain conditions,

2:37

which you outlined, but if an

2:40

illegal immigrant... That's not amnesty. Amnesty

2:42

is forgiveness. This is, this is

2:44

payment of a fine. Hmm. Replied

2:47

Gibson, I see. Well, I certainly

2:49

don't want to, uh, clearly you've

2:51

a homo says amnesty? Uh, the

2:54

bill. And why would Charlie Gibson

2:56

do that? Seems childish. The bill

2:58

faces a competing proposal from Senator

3:01

Bill Frist, seen here explaining to

3:03

Southeast Asian children how tears transmit

3:05

AIDS. He favors deportation for any

3:08

illegals. And he explained his position

3:10

on the Fox News show, Hannity

3:12

and his huddling sidekick yearning to

3:15

breathe free. He said to Sean

3:17

just a moment ago, they hear

3:19

illegally, they should go back and

3:22

get in line to come back

3:24

in, but wouldn't that create an

3:26

underground and you can't just deport

3:29

11 million people? That's just not

3:31

a workable policy, is it? Yeah,

3:33

well, I think it is workable.

3:36

It's absolutely workable. I mean, just

3:38

think about alien Gonzales. How easy

3:41

that was. Now,

3:43

just times that by 11

3:45

million. One of the most

3:48

outspoken advocates for stronger immigration

3:50

reform isn't a politician at

3:53

all, but CNN's Lou Doms,

3:55

who's guest Monday night Hispanic

3:57

rights activist. Janet Murgia defended

4:00

protesters that were out there

4:02

waving Mexican flags. There's a

4:04

sense of pride with anybody. We just had

4:07

St. Patrick's Day. Are you saying that Irish

4:09

because they're holding up their Irish flags that

4:11

all of a sudden they're not loyal or

4:13

they're an American? You ready to listen to

4:15

me loud and clear? I'm here. I don't think

4:17

that we should have any flag flying in this

4:19

country except the flag of the United

4:21

States. I don't think there should be a St.

4:23

Patrick's Day. I don't care who you are. with

4:32

more. I'm joined by our

4:34

resident expert John Hodgman. John,

4:36

thank you so much. You're

4:39

a good one. I'll have

4:41

you. You're a leading

4:43

authority on immigration. Yes,

4:45

that's true. In fact,

4:48

the heartwarming tale of

4:50

my own immigrant past,

4:53

titled My Grandparents for

4:55

Slav or something, comes out

4:57

next Friday. Thanks for the

4:59

play. You're very welcome, John.

5:01

John, why did this bill,

5:04

once again, not even able to

5:06

come up for a vote? Was

5:08

the so-called amnesty issue just too

5:10

toxic for the Republican base? No,

5:12

John. There was a larger concern

5:14

here, one that my fellow television

5:16

experts have picked up on. Chuck? Some illegal

5:18

immigrants are bringing diseases back into the

5:21

U.S. that we thought were wiped out

5:23

long ago. A lot of diseases are

5:25

coming back, and it's because these 12

5:28

million illegals who come across the border...

5:30

Now Professor Gibson

5:32

and Dr. Buchanan

5:34

have it exactly

5:36

right. The immigration

5:38

debate was at heart

5:41

a public health issue.

5:43

I'll be blunt, John.

5:45

Illegal aliens have tuberculosis

5:48

and leprosy. John. We're not,

5:51

you can't... You can't... You

5:53

can't possibly be

5:55

talking about tuberculosis

5:58

and leprosy. Chuck.

6:00

leprosy. You heard

6:03

what a person

6:06

on television just

6:08

said John leprosy

6:11

in this country.

6:14

Incredible? Leprosy in

6:17

this country. Incredible.

6:28

Alas, those words are as

6:30

true now as they were

6:32

when I said them just

6:34

before Lou Dobbsditt. Leopard, yes,

6:36

its effects are already being

6:39

felt. Look at this chart,

6:41

John. As you can see,

6:43

in the last seven years,

6:45

the average number of fingers

6:48

per American hand has dropped

6:50

off, while the number of

6:52

fingers that have dropped off,

6:54

has risen dramatically. If this

6:57

trend continues, by 2015, well,

6:59

you can see what might

7:01

happen. But so that, and

7:03

that's because of illegal aliens.

7:05

John, the chart is fundamentally

7:08

wrong. Well, John, you're right.

7:10

It might not be hooves

7:12

that Americans have in the

7:14

future. It could be talons

7:17

or claws of some kind.

7:19

That is still coming in,

7:21

but the conclusion is inescapable.

7:23

All Mexicans are leppers. The

7:27

sound bite that you played from

7:30

Ludon. Yes, good fellow, ten fingers.

7:32

John, he reported there were 7,000

7:34

cases of leprosy in America in

7:36

the last three years, supposedly because

7:38

of illegal aliens. That turned out

7:40

to be wrong. Look at this.

7:43

We check that and found a

7:45

report issued by the U.S. Department

7:47

of Health and Human Services saying

7:49

7,000 is the number of leprosy

7:51

cases over the last 30 years,

7:53

not the past three. And nobody

7:56

knows how many of those cases

7:58

involve illegal immigrants. Ah, that's 60

8:00

minutes. How do you answer to

8:02

that? that. It's just typical limousine

8:04

leper propaganda. No, John, I feel

8:07

like bringing these diseases out is

8:09

just a scare tactic. You're right,

8:11

John, it is very scary, but

8:13

it doesn't stop at disease. There

8:15

are at least 30,000 illegal immigrants

8:17

who belong to gangs, which are

8:20

violent, which are drug dealing... Some

8:22

are looking for trouble, trying to

8:24

smuggle guns and drugs into our

8:26

country, and God knows what else.

8:28

Many of them are child molesters

8:30

or drunk drivers. My colleagues Nobel

8:33

Laureate Gingrich, Princeton's Albert Einstein Professor

8:35

of Quantum Physics, Beck, and Dr.

8:37

Buchanan, have it right. Let me

8:39

be blunt, John. I can't read

8:41

the prompter without my glasses. So

8:43

it stops there. I understand that,

8:46

but stunning, Buchanan himself, Irish-American. Is

8:48

he? I don't know. I don't

8:50

see color, John. You

8:52

know John, when the Irish came

8:55

to this country, they were subject

8:57

to almost the exact same accusations.

8:59

They were diseased, drunkards, guilty of

9:02

immoral behavior. Well, at the time,

9:04

those charges may have been warranted.

9:07

I mean, look at the historical

9:09

record as captured in this file

9:11

footage from Ellis Island. You can't

9:14

deny that murderous leprechons were killing

9:16

our children. It's a matter of

9:18

fact. Your

9:25

point in all this? Hope,

9:27

John. Simple, pure hope that

9:30

one day these tubercular, leperous,

9:32

molesting immigrants can repeat the

9:35

uniquely American journey of the

9:37

fiendish green-blooded Irish. From unwanted

9:40

immigrants to not wanting immigrants.

9:42

While obviously still taking their

9:44

orders directly from the Pope.

9:47

John? Thank you very much,

9:49

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let's get right to the

11:31

big story. For months, the

11:34

country has suffered through divided

11:36

government, corrosive, partisan deadlock. But

11:38

last week, in the Senate,

11:41

a breakthrough. We have reached

11:43

a broad agreement on a

11:46

very complicated bill. A complicated

11:48

bill. So that means this

11:50

bill is more than just

11:53

a renewal of the Puppies

11:55

or Better Than Hitler Act.

11:57

Not that that didn't have

12:00

issues. So what was this

12:02

bill abut? a comprehensive immigration

12:04

reform. The agreement we just

12:07

reached is the best possible

12:09

chance we will have in

12:11

years to secure our borders,

12:14

bring millions of people out

12:16

of the shadows, and into

12:18

the sunshine of America. We

12:21

must bring millions of people

12:23

out of the garage and

12:25

onto the front yards of

12:28

America where they can. Luis,

12:30

I told you I needed

12:32

the driveway clean. I guess

12:35

is my point. Vote Quimby.

12:37

All right. How would the

12:39

country react to this very

12:42

rare display of statesmanship? But

12:44

if immigrant groups are angry

12:47

over the bill, at least

12:49

that means the anti-immigrant crowd

12:51

must be pleased. What do

12:54

you think of the deal?

12:56

I think the deal stinks.

12:58

Blunt. There's no way this

13:01

great republic can afford this

13:03

legislation. Dramatic. We're turning over

13:05

more to Canada and Mexico,

13:08

and I do not like

13:10

that. It's a destruction of

13:12

our sovereignty. I guess that

13:15

was leg-horn-esque. I say, I

13:17

say, I say, I say,

13:19

they gotta respect my sovereignty.

13:24

So the left is pissed off.

13:26

The right is pissed off. And

13:28

ladies and gentlemen, here comes the

13:30

president, flanked by his silent wingmen.

13:33

All right. Here's the plan. We're

13:35

going to go out there. I'm

13:37

going to do some immigration talking.

13:39

Now if everything goes good, I'll

13:42

take some questions. But if anyone

13:44

sees anything suspicious, like a squirrel

13:46

or something, we just pivot, turn,

13:48

and walk away like we rehearse.

13:51

Comprehendo? I really

13:53

am anxious to sign a

13:55

comprehensive immigration bill as soon

13:57

as I possibly can. Today

13:59

we took a... step toward

14:02

that direction. Thank you. Hey,

14:04

is, is the squirrel following

14:06

us? So, what, what is

14:08

the, oh, we have the

14:10

advantage of writing to footage.

14:12

What is the bill? Basically,

14:14

some immigrants already in the

14:17

country illegally will have to

14:19

pay a $5,000 fine and

14:21

then the head of their

14:23

household will make a touchback

14:25

trip to their home country.

14:27

At which point they can

14:30

apply for Z visas to

14:32

have a chance at gaining

14:34

permanent legal status within eight

14:36

years. Or one can apply

14:38

for a probationary card to

14:40

stay in the country without

14:43

permanent status possibilities for four

14:45

years or until borders are

14:47

secured. Or you can get

14:49

a guest worker Y visa,

14:51

Y visa, renewable every two

14:53

years. Fluxuations, of course. You

14:55

understand all that because you're

14:58

an illegal alien who doesn't

15:00

speak English very well and

15:02

lives in fear of deportation.

15:04

For more on the immigration

15:06

bill, we turn to Asif

15:08

Manvee standing by in Washington.

15:11

As if... The

15:17

idea is there are different

15:19

types of visas. People already

15:22

on the margins of societies

15:24

also have to come up

15:27

with $5,000. This legalization process

15:29

does not sound easy. Well,

15:32

it's not supposed to be,

15:34

John. It wasn't easy for

15:37

our European ancestors. They had

15:39

a long arduous journey just

15:42

to get here. And then

15:44

they had to kill a

15:47

continent's worth of squatters while

15:49

still suffering from boat lag.

15:52

I think these new immigrants

15:54

have it easy. Give me

15:57

a choice between wiping out

15:59

a nation of indigenous peoples

16:02

and busing tables. It's no

16:04

contest. Better tips. Awesome. Obviously,

16:07

not... Not to get personal,

16:09

but you yourself were not

16:12

born here. You're brown? I

16:14

was going to suggest... It's

16:17

fine John, I know I'm

16:19

brown. But I'm from India.

16:22

I'm tech support slash cardiologist

16:24

brown. Shout out. Not dishwasher

16:26

slash parking attendant brown. And

16:31

I say that with

16:34

no disrespect. Of course

16:36

not. But doesn't this

16:38

really point out what

16:41

this bill is? Isn't

16:43

this bill really about

16:45

the fact that these

16:48

immigrants are Mexicans? Absolutely

16:50

not, John. This debate

16:52

has nothing to do

16:55

with the ethnicity of

16:57

these Mexicans. You're

17:00

not in your head, Osif. Oh,

17:02

it's a nervous tick. Mexicans make

17:04

me nervous. Osif, another controversial aspect

17:06

of the bill is that families

17:08

of these immigrants will no longer

17:11

be given special status if they

17:13

used to have. Immigrants will be

17:15

evaluated on some kind of point

17:17

system. That's right. For example, immigrants

17:19

that speak English will get 10

17:21

points. Those who work in science

17:23

and health care get eight points.

17:26

Military service, five points. No leprosy,

17:28

two points. And if you use

17:30

all your letters, 50 bonus points.

17:32

Awesome, what is the point system

17:34

trying to accomplish? Well, it lets

17:36

us know who's worthy. You know,

17:38

people like you can be satisfied

17:41

with this being a nation of

17:43

12 to 15 point immigrants. I

17:45

think we can do better. It'll

17:47

be like the SATs, assigning a

17:49

point value will keep us from

17:51

becoming a safety country. This is

17:53

America, John, not Wesleyan. It

17:59

is. The antithesis of our founding

18:01

us, if what happened to the

18:04

motto, the old motto, give us

18:06

your tired, your poor, your huddled

18:08

masses yearning to breathe free. Well,

18:11

that was the old slogan, John.

18:13

America has rebranded its immigration policy.

18:15

And the new slogan is, what

18:17

can Brown do for you? Illegal

18:24

immigration is on everyone's minds, and

18:26

the increasing population of Latinos has

18:28

plenty of white Americans concerned. I

18:30

sat down with four of those

18:32

extremely passionate citizens. If you look

18:34

around, there's a lot of Hispanic

18:36

people. I mean, not that there's

18:39

any, I'm not racist or anything,

18:41

but I think we're going to

18:43

keep populating. We might have two

18:45

kids. What do they have? Four

18:47

or five kids? I would say

18:49

in seven, eight. Yeah, maybe I

18:51

should have mentioned I was Latino.

18:53

All cultures are not equal. I

18:55

live in Korea town, dear. So

18:57

you're saying your problem is Koreans?

18:59

No. Koreans are fine. But see,

19:01

Koreans are different. Koreans are like

19:03

Chinese. You don't see problems with

19:05

the Chinese immigrants, even though they're

19:07

illegal. It's getting hot in here?

19:09

Certainly. Sweat through my shirt. Latinos

19:11

are worse than both Koreans and

19:14

the Chinese. That's a fact. But

19:16

law enforcement agents like Richard Jones

19:18

know how to stop this illegal

19:20

menace. And I suppose you're going

19:22

to say the solution is to

19:24

round everybody up. No, the solution

19:26

is not to round them all

19:28

up. The solution is to where

19:30

they don't have the stuff that

19:32

they've got here. Free stuff? The

19:34

free stuff. You get... You get

19:36

a computer when you come here?

19:38

What kind of computer? Are we

19:40

talking a new computer? They get

19:42

some Dell gateway type of thing?

19:44

They get new computers. They get

19:46

their house payments. They get free

19:49

medical care. Where? They get it

19:51

here in the United States. No,

19:53

but specifically where? Right. We'd love

19:55

to get some free computers and

19:57

some free medical care. You've got

19:59

to come here illegally to get

20:01

the free... stuff. It's welfare at

20:03

its worst. I wanted to talk

20:05

to these Mexican moochers and luckily

20:07

I was in a place with

20:09

a lot of them. Texas, a

20:11

state where Latinos will outnumber everyone

20:13

by 2020 which made it really

20:15

easy to put together a panel

20:17

of Latino immigrants. I'm myself and

20:19

from El Paso, Texas. You just

20:21

said you were texting. Yeah. Wait,

20:23

wait, wait. Show of hands, how

20:26

many of you people are in

20:28

Texas? The stars at

20:30

night are big and bright.

20:32

You mean the heart of

20:34

Texas? Clearly you look Latino.

20:36

But you're really claiming that

20:39

you're Texas. I was born

20:41

in Texas, but my heritage

20:43

is Mexican. What? Damn it.

20:45

These were the wrong types

20:47

of Latinos. I needed the

20:49

illegals with the free computers.

20:51

So I went deep under

20:54

cover. Edward James Olmostop. How

20:57

long have you been taking free

21:00

benefits from the United States? Never.

21:02

I work here really hard. I

21:04

never received nothing. You get free

21:06

things and you know it. No.

21:08

When did you come to America?

21:11

Jesus, one second, how do you

21:13

turn this thing down? Jesus. Hey,

21:15

Zeus, seriously, how do you turn

21:17

this down? Let's switch, man. So

21:20

fellas. Dressed pretty nice for landscapers.

21:22

I'm scapered first. I managed my

21:24

family's business. I work at a

21:26

law firm, but can you please

21:28

not talk like that? Like what?

21:31

The way you're talking. He dressed

21:33

like such a dick. What are

21:35

you talking about, bro? This is

21:37

how a Latino's dress. Maybe in

21:40

1992. The fuck, bro? Stop missing!

21:42

But don't let these seemingly nice

21:44

people fool you. The illegals that

21:46

come into this country. Theirs is

21:49

to come in and take and

21:51

not pay the taxes, and that's

21:53

not the American dream. Who exactly

21:55

are we talking about? They're not

21:57

wealthy people sneaking across the board.

22:00

Not wealthy people sneaking across the

22:02

board. at all? No. You can't

22:04

just come across on your own.

22:06

They call them their mules and

22:09

if you have nothing to pay,

22:11

they'll abuse you along the way.

22:13

Sounds exhausting. Very exhausting. And so

22:15

they have them all huddled together

22:17

in these groups? Yes. Why? What

22:20

are they yearning for? To feel

22:22

free? So you're saying that there

22:24

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22:26

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22:29

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27:26

You will walk all over me. And

27:29

if you got a problem with that,

27:31

I apologize. Now the main discussion in

27:33

this meeting was what to do about

27:36

Dhaka, which is expiring in March. Now

27:38

Dhaka has a program that allows around

27:40

700,000 undocumented immigrants who were brought to

27:43

the US when they were children to

27:45

stay in the US and not to

27:47

be deported. Because think about it. They

27:50

could be punished. for a decision that

27:52

their parents made to bring them here.

27:54

It's like how you were punished for

27:57

your parents decision. to take you to

27:59

super cuts. It's not your fault. Now

28:01

Democrats want to pass Dhaka right now.

28:03

Republicans also want to pass Dhaka, but

28:06

only if the Democrats also agree to

28:08

fund more border security, and of course,

28:10

Trump's war. You guys remember the war?

28:13

Yeah, the one where Mexico is like,

28:15

you guys are dumb, that one. Remember

28:17

that war? So while both sides want

28:20

Dhaka, there's a clean Dhaka, and then

28:22

there's Dhaka with everything else. And if

28:24

you were running a high-level negotiation about

28:27

Dhaka. This would be a key concept

28:29

to understand. But if I told you

28:31

that there was one person in the

28:34

room yesterday who didn't quite understand, I'll

28:36

bet you can guess who it was.

28:38

So please enjoy this moment. As Republican

28:41

Kevin McCarthy has to jump in to

28:43

help the president understand that he's just

28:45

agreed with the opposite of what he

28:48

said he always wanted. What about a

28:50

clean DACA bill now with a commitment

28:52

that we go into a comprehensive immigration

28:54

reform procedure? I think a lot of

28:57

people would like to see that. But

28:59

I think we have to do DACA.

29:01

Mr. President, you need to be clear

29:04

though. I think what Senator Feinstein is

29:06

asking here. When we talk about just

29:08

DACA, we don't want to be back

29:11

here two years later. You have to

29:13

have security as the Secretary would tell

29:15

you. But I think that's what you

29:18

say. It looks like McCarthy was gently

29:20

correcting a stupid kid. You know, it's

29:22

just like, I want clean dark out.

29:25

No, Mr. President, you don't want clean

29:27

dark out. I don't want clean dark

29:29

out. I won't lie. I think it's

29:32

so cute that whenever Trump is out

29:34

of his depth, he gives himself away

29:36

with that little hug that he gives

29:39

himself for comfort, you know? It's like

29:41

his little thunder shirt, he does that

29:43

thing. Yeah, look at him, he looks

29:46

like the oldest B-boy boy in the

29:48

crew, you know. All you have to

29:50

do is put him in a music

29:52

video and he would crush it. He

29:55

would just be killing the game. Go

29:57

DJ, go DJ, go DJ, go DJ.

30:00

But actually, actually, it's not fair

30:02

to say that Trump knows nothing

30:04

about what he wants on immigration

30:06

reform. He might be a little

30:08

short on facts, but the important

30:10

thing is, he's got the feeling.

30:13

Having the Democrats in with us

30:15

is absolutely vital because there should

30:17

be a bipartisan bill. There should

30:19

be a bill of love. That's

30:21

right people. There should be a

30:23

bill of love. Which is ridiculous.

30:25

to call that a bill of

30:27

love, right? That's a bill that

30:29

funds a 2,000 mile wall. You

30:31

don't call that the bill of

30:33

love, even if the wall is

30:35

full of glory holes, right? Which

30:37

I fully believe Trump wants. That's

30:39

not real love, right? A cheap

30:42

fix, sure. Does it feel great?

30:44

Yes. But real love? I mean,

30:46

unless you go back to the

30:48

whole regularly. And the whole knows

30:50

your name, then maybe. Like if

30:52

you care for the whole and

30:54

the whole cares for you, then

30:56

maybe it's love. Like, the real

30:58

question is, what are you willing

31:00

to do for the whole? And

31:02

do you expect the whole to

31:04

do anything in return? That's real

31:06

love. I missed you. But it's

31:09

funny to hear Trump talking about

31:11

love and immigration, especially after you

31:13

hear the cruel decision that he

31:15

made on Monday. About 200,000 immigrants

31:17

from El Salvador could face deportation

31:19

next year after the White House

31:21

announced it is ending their temporary

31:23

protected status. These individuals who had

31:25

been granted temporary protected status now

31:27

have 18 months to try to

31:29

find another legal way to stay

31:31

in the United States or be

31:33

sent back to El Salvador. Many

31:35

of them fled El Salvador because

31:38

of violence during that country's civil

31:40

war or after the 2001 earthquake

31:42

which devastated the country. Yeah, while

31:44

President Bill of Love puts on

31:46

a show for the cameras, behind

31:48

the scenes, his administration is kicking

31:50

out 200,000 people who have lived

31:52

in the US illegally for decades,

31:54

which is heartless, because these people

31:56

have set up their whole life.

31:58

They have jobs. They have houses.

32:00

Many of them have kids who

32:02

were born in the US. These

32:04

are families, Mr. President. Human beings,

32:07

you can't just treat them the

32:09

same way you treat Eric. All

32:11

right. Our first story kicks off

32:13

in Texas. Easily. One of my

32:15

favorite states to visit. Yeah. The

32:17

last time I went to Texas,

32:19

Ted Cruz took me out to

32:21

all of his favorite restaurants. Yeah,

32:23

and everything had spit in it,

32:25

but it was still delicious. It

32:27

really was. So I'm definitely going

32:29

back. But over the past few

32:31

years, Texas's governor has been scaling

32:33

back the state's hospitality, particularly towards

32:36

undocumented immigrants. He's had them arrested.

32:38

He's called out the National Guard.

32:40

He even told citizens to, quote,

32:42

take matters into their own hands.

32:44

Yeah, but last week, Governor Abbott,

32:46

he took things to a whole

32:48

new level when he decided to

32:50

start busing illegal immigrants from Texas.

32:52

all the way to Washington DC.

32:54

Yeah, as a way to hit

32:56

back at the Biden administration's immigration

32:58

policies. And now, the first bus

33:00

has arrived. About an hour ago,

33:02

the first bus full of migrants

33:05

from Texas arrived right outside the

33:07

Fox Bureau. in Washington DC. This

33:09

bus took off from Del Rio,

33:11

Texas. It left Saturday at 4

33:13

p.m. I'm told and has traveled

33:15

for over three days straight to

33:17

get here. There's a group from

33:19

Nicaragua. I also spoke to six

33:21

young men from Venezuela. I asked

33:23

them what they wanted to do

33:25

next. They said they wanted to

33:27

go to Miami and I asked

33:29

if they were going to get

33:31

there. They said they didn't know

33:34

they're here in this country. They're

33:36

willing to work hard. four-hour bus

33:38

ride. They said they are very

33:40

excited to be here, they feel

33:42

welcome. They said that they know

33:44

that they are a prop in

33:46

all of this, but they wanted

33:48

to come anyway. You know, I

33:50

don't care what anyone says. America is

33:52

one of the craziest countries in the

33:55

world. Because what is happening here, people?

33:57

Do you see, like, what is happening

33:59

here? One day the governor is building

34:01

a wall to keep immigrants out and

34:03

the next day he's giving them a

34:05

free ride to the capital. What are

34:07

you doing? Like I also don't think

34:09

that he fully thought this through because

34:12

if you're trying to deter immigrants don't

34:14

you think this a mixed message? No?

34:16

Yeah because you realize they're going to

34:18

be calling home like you know as

34:20

soon as I cross the border they

34:22

captured me and they took me to

34:24

Washington DC. Hey I think I want

34:27

to meet the president. Oh. Also,

34:29

of all of the places to drop

34:32

the people of you chose Fox News's

34:34

headquarters in D.C., really? How are you

34:36

going to do that to Fox News,

34:38

man? Those people are already terrified of

34:41

imaginary immigrants. Now what are they going

34:43

to do when the real ones show

34:45

up? Those people are panicked. Welcome

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