Senate Minority Leader-elect Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) (AP Photo)

(CNSNews.com) – Senate Minority Leader-elect Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) told “Fox News Sunday” that he would oppose efforts to build a wall and pressed for comprehensive immigration instead, saying “this idea of a wall, we already passed.”



“And this idea of a wall, we already passed -- John McCain and Chuck Schumer, bipartisan, an immigration bill that was comprehensive, that did a lot and was much tougher on the border than a wall would be,” Schumer said, referring to the failed immigration bill put forth by the Gang of Eight.



“No. Put it all together,” Schumer said when host Chris Wallace pointed out that President-elect Donald Trump wants to secure the border first by building the wall “and then you can start worrying about immigration reform.”



“And if he says wall first?” Wallace asked.



“We'll say do it all. If we were to just do the wall, we'd never get the rest. It's got to be all together,” Schumer said.



“Well, let's do a lightning round, quick questions, quick answers on a number of items in the Trump agenda,” Wallace said. “There’s been talk about a possible deal on infrastructure, which Democrats would like, and some Republicans, but in return tax reform, corporate tax reforms is also a way to get some of those trillions of dollars back to this country.”



“Look, it's not something that I'd take off the table, and I did some negotiations with Paul Ryan about this. but to get the kind of infrastructure money that Donald Trump is talking about, then you'd -- you'd have to have a lot more than international tax reform to get it done. It just doesn't bring in the dollars you need,” Schumer said.



“What about trade deals, killing some of -- renegotiating some of the trade deals?” Wallace asked.



Schumer said on several different issues during his campaign, Trump “echoed the views of Democrats, not Republicans -- massive transportation bill, trade, getting rid of the carried interest loophole, cleaning up the swamp.”



“And on those issues where he agrees with us and the Republican establishment and the hard right doesn't, we challenge him -- work with us and keep your promises to blue collar America. I think blue collar voted for Donald Trump more on Democratic issues than on Republican issues, which he professed. And we will work with him on those issues,” Schumer said.



Schumer indicated he would work with Trump on reworking the North American Free Trade Agreement or NAFTA. He would also like to “work out something that's strong and good” with the president-elect on paid maternity leave.



“There are many issues where we'll oppose him tooth and nail. When he goes against our values, goes with special interests,” Schumer said.



Schumer said there are three areas where he will oppose the president-elect: Obamacare, Dodd-Frank, and building a wall.



“Let me give you three right off the bat. He's going to try to repeal ACA, he won't be able to do it,” Schumer said.



“Obamacare. He won't be able to do it, because now even he, after his meeting with President Obama, said, ‘Oh, I want to keep the good things.’ Well, you can't keep the good things without keeping ACA,” he added.



“Forget about repealing or modifying Dodd-Frank. Dodd-Frank is the law,” Schumer said.



“Financial regulation,” host Chris Wallace said.



“Financial regulation - after the bank interests and everybody else helped drive us to a great recession. We're not going to undo it, period, and I have the votes. I think we have the votes to block it. He should forget about it,” Schumer said.



“And this idea of a wall, we already passed -- John McCain and Chuck Schumer, bipartisan, an immigration bill that was comprehensive, that did a lot and was much tougher on the border than a wall would be,” Schumer said.



“Yes, but wait a minute -- what he's saying, Senator, is secure the border first, build the wall and then you can start worrying about immigration reform,” Wallace said.



“No. Put it all together,” Schumer said.



“And if he says wall first?” Wallace asked.



“We'll say do it all. If we were to just do the wall, we'd never get the rest. It's got to be all together,” Schumer said.