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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: Immigration Crisis: What You Need to Know [Watch (HLS stream): Immigration Crisis: What You Need to Know](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/2ZvOOnuq.m3u8) (1:50)  _Published 2014-07-09. Obama & Texas governor to discuss immigration, while Congress is divided on emergency immigration aid_ --- Jul 27, 2023 4:58 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Obama Speaks On Immigration from Nevada](/video/O1g5faUR/) ### Obama Speaks On Immigration from Nevada [The Immigration Crisis](/video/ba7H8axK/) ### The Immigration Crisis [Obama Going Rogue on Immigration Reform](/video/zfq4B8AM/) ### Obama Going Rogue on Immigration Reform --- ## Transcript With the ink barely dry on the President's nearly 4 billion dollar plan, the hope of flood of undocumented immigrants flowing across the U. S. border, prominent republicans in congress are already saying no deal. They've asked the congress for a blank check, an awful lot of money that comes to tens of thousands of dollars for each one of these children. Nearly half of the $ 3. 7 billion White House proposal is devoted to caring for the unaccompanied minors from Central America. The rest goes to detention and removal costs, more border patrols and surveillance, and immigration legal teams to speed up deportation proceedings. Administration officials say, GOP critics want to have it both ways. They don't get to acknowledge that this is a serious humanitarian problem. And then say offhand that they won't provide the support to make sure that we can deal with this problem. Part of the problem, existing U. S. laws that require border crossers to be returned quickly if they come from Mexico. Yet, the undocumented from Central America receive special legal protections. A distinction former President Bush signed into law to fight human trafficking. It is the protection that is required under U. S. law. But it has now escalated to the point of creating a migration emergency. Making the border crisis tougher to solve is the political brawl between the president and Texas governor Rick Perry, after an exchange of insults. I have to believe that when you do not respond in any way. That you are either inept, or you have some ulterior motive. The truth is, it's hard to take seriously Governor Perry's concerns. The two leaders will meet in Dallas, hundreds of miles from the border, aides say, the President won't be visiting. I hope the President will reconsider. 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