You're watching...
Gov. Mary Fallin, (R-Okla.), argues the government should focus on securing the borders rather than offering amnesty to illegal immigrants.
Also in this playlist...
Auto-advance: ON
Auto-advance
This transcript is automatically generated
Today questions whether you DREAM Act saying that it will make up that they jobs market and get it going.
The bill would help millions of illegals become US citizens as long as they got -- kids and graduate college -- serve in the military.
A Republican Oklahoma governor -- balance says Washington should secure the border instead of granting am state from.
This whole proposal governor.
-- I.
I think it's gonna happen and then if it happens.
What -- -- -- Well here's a deal they help people do want the borders -- they wanna know.
That there is a set of laws and rules.
That had a process that people have to follow to become -- legal citizens of the United States and that's not why.
The DREAM Act really does it's its amnesty.
For those who do not follow the laws of the land and -- break them and you come here illegally.
And that you what you're seeing now is that states have taken up the issue of illegal immigration south Oklahoma did that we pass them.
A very good immigration reform several years ago and are say.
When actually it is the federal government's responsibility.
And the federal government and congress has failed.
To secure the borders has failed to have a system that works to allow people to come here legally if they choose to to -- the -- And we welcome them and that's why things has made America great is that is one of the melting pots of the world.
But yet that there are those who want to allow people have amnesty and be able to break the rules and just become citizens.
You know it it just -- governor that the beyond the pros and cons of this particular DREAM Act issued to it seems to me under administration more focused on seeing what it could do.
For folks who technically shouldn't be here then -- big find jobs for people who legally are.
What's already -- -- people that are here that are American citizens.
That.
Pay taxes and do the right thing and help them find jobs and this what we should be focusing on two.
It's building back our economy creating jobs doing things -- -- great and more pro business environment.
And that's what we've been trying to do -- -- hum it's all bad job creation it's all about the business environment.
I was listening to your last segment.
About money and capital investment leading the United States because of the uncertainty of the market -- issue rules regulations.
Not knowing what the -- -- And resisting earlier today with the company of Virginia and he said you know there are.
Billions of dollars sitting on the sideline even within the United States because people are worried about the economy they're worried about the -- -- the debt selling.
Debate going on cars are worried about.
Just all of things that.
At the going on with that what I consider to be sometimes anti business and Washington and within the administration itself.
So they're just sitting on the sidelines not creating those jobs for Americans.
Do you worry and you've spoken out on this issue of illegal immigration for some time governor.
-- great rest -- of the flock to get when you do that and and and one of the more popular tax on the left.
Is that such attacks mean you're anti immigrant although mortem and inciting the wrath of Hispanics -- think you hate.
Oh absolutely not you know went.
The most -- enjoyable experiences I've -- was when I was a member of congress and I had the opportunity to go and administered the oath.
To those who became legal citizens of the United States those who -- immigrants that follow the process and it's a very rewarding ceremony.
To be able to do that and body says -- were all about people who want to follow the rules wanna come here wanna go through the process of becoming.
Legal citizens the United States will.
-- -- is that by making these folks legal bomb them with a crass political assumption is that democratic votes.
Well I I think there are a lot of Hispanics that are conservatives are -- no doubt -- -- -- -- the -- -- I think that's what this is really all about.
Whether some them believe that certainly.
So if that is the case this is -- about helping people out this is about solidifying an electoral -- Well it should be about that at all what it should be about is.
Having secured borders it should be about having.
Laws than an IRA -- right but it's not it should be about creating jobs building Eric hi county as a governor.
-- I worry about the expense that comes upon my state from -- Syrian immigrant.
