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America some 1200 miles away and never make it to the united states because they similar my die along the way. so this is a horrific situation. i know both the senators from arizona, you might want to speak to this, the president has acknowledged that even under the senate immigration bill that passed the senate, none of these children would qualify. i would ask that maybe the junior senator from arizona, if hed care to comment on that. i mean, how did this situation get created where even under...

Directly at the feet of president obama as a result of his doca policy in 2012. >> as soon as the administration in 2012 decided to do doca, which is the deferred action program, thats when the number of children started moving up. >> i would argue that the misinformation comes from the presidents own programs. the deferred action for childhood arrivals. words getting back home, if you come to the united states and youre a child, tell them you want to come in and theyre going to let you in. >> b...

Directly at the feet of president obama as a result of his doca policy in 2012. >> as soon as the administration in 2012 decided to do doca, which is the deferred action program, thats when the number of children started moving up. >> i would argue that the misinformation comes from the presidents own programs. the deferred action for childhood arrivals. words getting back home, if you come to the united states and youre a child, tell them you want to come in and theyre going to let you in. >> b...

Conditions in the three central american countries they are leaving from, the push factor. >> its doubled, though. how many could it be, 90,000 this year? >> honduras is in a really bad place right now. el salvador, guatemala, the push factor is what is driving this recent influx. in addition, we know that the smuggling organizations, the criminal smuggling organizations are putting out a lot of disinformation about supposed free passes into this country. they are going to expire at the end of m...

Genesis of these rumors? your critics have said the presidents decision in 2012 to take executive action to allow children who had been brought here as minors to stay in the country and come out from the sort of specter of deportation. they say that is what started the rumors. what is your understanding of why these smugglers networks have the rumors that kids can come and stay? >> this has nothing to do with the immigration reform debate. it has nothing to do with the deferred action program th...

Patrol agents and members of the national guard to the border. a sustained border security surge is part of the $2 billion request white house is making to congress to deal with the issue right now. he can also continue the deferred action program. thats for some kids brought to the u.s. as children. it allows them to stay temporarily to work or go to school. and remember that back in march, the administration also announced they were going to do a thorough review of the deportation process. its...

So-called dreamers. what people are saying can we define a new group that would be like the dreamers, possibly the children, the parents of u.s. citizens? >> what the argument about deferred action program is part of what is created this crisis at the border now? >> yes, certainly when you talk to house republicans and they talk from the beginning from eric cantor, his loss, to now what is going on at the border with unaccompanied miners, this has allowed people who didnt want to deal with refor...

Progress who covers immigration and has been covering extensively the children crossing the border. talk about your experience and how has the presidents deferred action program how has the plan helped you specifically? >> hi, craig. thank you for having me on your show. i appreciate it. let me tell you about the experience at the white house yesterday. it was a humbling experience to be on stage, on the panel with nine other amazing daca success stories. it was emotional for me to be able to he...

Basically one thing. if you give somebody an incentive to cross our border illegally and that gives them an advantage, then theyre going to do it. there are very specific reasons why this is happening, very specific reasons. the smuggling operations are taking advantage of intelligence in the united states that says dhs is not deporting most illegal immigrants who are here in the united states. they also know theres this deferred action program for childhood arrivals that though wouldnt apply in...

Breakthrough that we can see something actually accomplished legislatively. >> absolutely, they are so inspiring to watch. immigration reform has to pass through capitol hill, but are there actions that the president could take himself and go around congress to do so? >> right, he has resisted doing that so far. but it is well within its executive powers to grant? relief to the undocumented population. as a matter of fact on friday he issued an order saying that family members and spouses of act...