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On Wednesdays broadcast of MSNBCs Morning Joe, House Minority Leader RepresentativeNancy Pelosi (D-CA) stated that immigration reform that gives people in the country illegally legal status, but forbids citizenship is just not respectful, and not worthy of our country.

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After stating that she hopes President Trump is open to immigration reform, Pelosi was asked about whether she could live with a path to legal status for people in the country illegally. She answered, I think its more what our country is about. We have criticized other countries that said we utilize you as a workforce, but youre not fully present in our country. In my view, its very important for us to say the path to citizenship is the dignity that these people .

She added, [I]f its something that forbids citizenship, no, I couldnt sign on to that. If we want to talk about I think there are plenty of ways we can work in a bipartisan way on immigration. In fact, we have to.

When asked about a plan that would give legal status initially, and a potential path to citizenship down the road, Pelosi answered, Its always just a path. All weve talked about is a path to citizenship. But to be a country that says, we have not even second-class citizenship, because it isnt citizenship, its just not respectful, and not worthy of our country.

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Frank Cagle, Columnist 4:03 a.m. ET March 1, 2017

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Since the North American Free Trade Agreement has been in effect for more than two decades, is it so unreasonable to suggest that it would benefit from a review and some amendments? The free trade fanatics go berserk at the very suggestion that our trade relations with Mexico need adjustment.

Mexico has had 23 years to benefit from open-border trade, yet its citizens still make the dangerous trek to try to illegally immigrate to the United States. That's because more than 50 percent of the Mexican population exists below the poverty level. Working conditions for American manufacturing plants in Mexico have done little to raise the standard of living for the average Mexican. At $1 an hour and no benefits, is it any wonder that American companies relocate there and ship their products back to us?

Could not the NAFTA treaty be amended to encourage Mexico to do more to curb illegal immigration? Why is it incumbent on the United States to try to stop illegal immigration when the country from which immigrants are fleeing is doing so little to improve the standard of living and seemingly making little effort to stop it?

Instead of President Donald Trump trying to make them pay for a wall, how about requiring that Mexico do more to make immigration less attractive? The original NAFTA agreement called for better labor and environmental standards in Mexico, which makes the U.S.more competitive. Mexico has largely ignored the requirements. Enforce them. Demand strengthening border security on the Mexican side. All of these issues could be dealt with in a renegotiation of NAFTA.

NAFTA also prohibited Mexican-based companies fromimporting parts and raw materials, from China for instance, another provision that is being ignored. Components are supposed to be from North America.

Those who would like to see comprehensive immigration reform have to realize that it will not happen until the American people are convinced we finally have control of the border. Previous reforms allowing permanent residency opened the floodgates for even more illegal immigration. A wall, a virtual wall, deporting illegals who are gang members and criminals, cooperation from the Mexicans via a re-negotiated NAFTA -- the American people have to be confident that any reform gets control of illegal immigration for good.

America needs legal immigrants from Mexico. Set up a system that allows people to come and work and then go home legally. Make it easier for legal immigration to occur from our nearest neighbor. But politically, demonstrated by Trump's major campaign theme, no solutions will be found until there is a system in place subject to the rule of law. And it starts with using NAFTA to bring Mexico to the bargaining table.

Frank Cagle is a columnist and former managing editor of the News Sentinel. He may be reached at efrankcagle@yahoo.com.

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Vice President Pence hit the airwaves on March 1 to support President Trump's joint address to Congress and his interviews sounded just a little bit repetitive. (Peter Stevenson/The Washington Post)

Vice President Mike Pence hit the television airwaves on Wednesday morning to support his boss, who less than 12 hours earlier had delivered his first joint address to Congress.

And as he usually does, Pence came prepared perhaps a little bit too prepared. In the video above, we look at the way that Pence brought canned answers to each interview, using some of the same phrases to answer totally and completely different questions.

It was reminiscent of a moment on the 2016 campaign trail, when Sen. Marco Rubio, then a presidential candidate, repeated the line, Let's dispel once and for all with this fiction that Barack Obama doesn't know what he's doing.

Of course, Pence appeared on five different networks (notably skipping CNN, a recent target of the Trump administration's ire). That makes it unlikely that a whole lot of people saw all five interviews, unless they were specifically switching channels to watch Pence. Which would be sort of weird.

But that still doesn't explain why he talks about broad shoulders so much.

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Mike Pence's unbelievably repetitive interviews Washington Post March 1, 2017 1:29 PM EST - Vice President Pence hit the airwaves on March 1 to support President Trump's joint address to Congress and his interviews sounded just a little bit repetitive. (Peter Stevenson / The Washington Post). March 1, 2017 1:29 ...

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WASHINGTONIn an effort to keep himself virtuously occupied during President Donald Trumps speech to a joint session of Congress Tuesday night, Vice President Mike Pence was reportedly passing time by mentally baptizing all of the senators in attendance. Do you desire to obtain eternal life in the church of God through your faith in Jesus Christ? Pence imagined himself asking every senator in the chamber, contentedly working his way down the aisles to welcome each of the legislators into the fold by tipping their head into the cleansing waters of the Lord. Upon your profession of faith and accordance with the Lords command, I baptize you, Senator Feinstein of California, in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. May His everlasting light be with you always. Let us pray. At press time, Pence had reportedly begun mentally stoning all 435 fornicators in the House of Representatives as the presidents speech entered its second hour.

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