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The serious opposition is this not federalism? is this not what weve argued for, state authority, the 10th amendment. is this not in the constitution? its part of the constitution? it cant be a runaway convention, since it still takes 38 states to ratify whatever comes out of there. isnt this a way to take our constitution as written and take it back? >> i think it is, mark. and ive always believed the best government is the most local government. thats a conservative bedrock principle. and what...

Tough on immigration and making sure that illegal immigrants are not able to get here and stay here. but so what else are you doing to try to set yourself apart from the rest? >> well, that is important what you brought up. a lot of career politicians use gimmicks to talk about how tough they are on illegal immigration. how about the fact its many of the policies that career politicians have put in place that drives illegal immigration? why with repaying our citizens to do nothing? you just left...

Federalist system. the 10th amendment of the constitution empowers our individual states to have a lot of rights. so local control and advocating at the local level is a fundamental cornerstone of american democracy. >> sandra: let me give rachel a chance to respond. >> states cant create their own currency and they -- >> i got cut off. >> they cannot do immigration laws on their own. immigration is the purview of the federal government. nobody cares what governor brown has to say about immigrat...

Advantages the wealthy. theres no reason to send the national guard to a border when we have the lowest number of people crossing the border since 1971ment i was graduating from high school back then. the fact is we dont need 4,000 national guard troops to protect america against what he says is a caravan of mothers with their children fleeing violence who arent even at the border. its just a farce, a distraction. its a distraction from the fact that the economys not working for too many people....

Passing laws as platitudes. we here by delegate to agency x the power to make good lie in area y. and they can make that law and enforce that law entirely within this executive branch bureaucracy. thats wrong. the trump administration sought in promising to drain the swamp, to reduce the power of the administrative bureaucracy, and its made good progress. i think we need to make a lot more progress on that front and the federalism front. you dont hear as often as you should that the fact that ce...

Passing laws as platitudes. we here by delegate to agency x the power to make good lie in area y. and they can make that law and enforce that law entirely within this executive branch bureaucracy. thats wrong. the trump administration sought in promising to drain the swamp, to reduce the power of the administrative bureaucracy, and its made good progress. i think we need to make a lot more progress on that front and the federalism front. you dont hear as often as you should that the fact that ce...

An integral part of how this administration is implementing its immigration policies. this prosecution represents yet another attack on sanctuary jurisdiction. you know what i want to know is what happened to republicans being the party of small government? david, you went to law school. you know under the 10th amendment local jurisdictions are allowed to you enact these policies where local police officers and sheriffs are able to police their communities not bureaucrats in washington, d.c. >> ...

>> i think, yeah. i think hes on very solid ground. i support comprehensive immigration reform but in this case, the constitution is very clear. the supreme court has been very clear. california has been trying to block state and local officials and businesses by the way, from cooperating with federal immigration enforcement. i think sessions is on very solid ground here. >> i dont think theyre trying to block anybody. the counterargument is an interesting one because remember barack obama when ...

Do have a right to make the case if we feel this is endangering, immigrant communities will not talk to law enforcement. that will create danger and we will do that. similarly, nonprofits that detain people, have a right to check on them and making sure they are not in dangerous environments. >> you have local law enforcement agencies accepting federal grants to help enforce these laws or to house illegals that are detained. then they are not doing it. thats a real problem. thats not just a 10th...

Do have a right to make the case if we feel this is endangering, immigrant communities will not talk to law enforcement. that will create danger and we will do that. similarly, nonprofits that detain people, have a right to check on them and making sure they are not in dangerous environments. >> you have local law enforcement agencies accepting federal grants to help enforce these laws or to house illegals that are detained. then they are not doing it. thats a real problem. thats not just a 10th...