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>> yeah. they made this decision. although i would say that the obama homeland security director jay johnson was on fox news sunday and he admitted, they did have families separated. i think he said it was controversial at the time. so administrations have struggled with this. the trump administration did make this decision. they should not have made this decision. they have surely regretted it. it was and that the president moved. to end it. im not sure the executive order will stand up stoffel...

Their parents is unhumane, unconscionable and illegal and were filing suit to stop it. do they have a stand something. >> they have a standing. its legitimate and needs to be addressed. everybody will point to the fact that other administrations dd it, too. two wrongs dont make it right. what is happening with these kids being separated, some dont know where their parents are. theres not a great tracking system, its a legitimate concern, especially since its our people doing this as theyre comin...

Concerns. republican or democrat, doesnt make a difference. >> shepard: on the matter of policy that the supreme court did not delve into that area to you is perfectly on point or something else? >> that they didnt delve into the -- >> shepard: the policy. >> absolutely. once you start to do that, youre down a slippery slope. what the chief justi said is so long as theres a rationale basis. this is a legal term. if the presidential authority is solid in the law, even if theres a discriminatory i...

Protect illegals coming in to this country, some of whom are not good. steve: so there have you got the president reminding people, barack obama during his administration, they did exactly the same thing. in fact, we heard a couple of days ago from jeh johnson who had been the secretary of homeland security, he nitted they detained children and families and, yet, there were no protests in any of their yards. brian: it was a great interview, right? he was very honest? steve: he was very honest an...

National security. this is about keeping americans safe and that is something that the commander and chief is allowed to do and has the legal right to be able to do. you dont think that holds water? >> no. we dont. i mean, as i -- as i mentioned, its not just us saying that this was not necessary its a security mesh und and thats why you havent seen congress or other administrations do something like this. former national security experts said so. but i also think that its very dangerous to say ...

They were barring legal permanent residents from returning here if they were abroad. they forgot to put that in. thats how crazy the first one in. by the time they got around to the third one. they jumped through the hoops. they did an administrative review. they crossed the ts and dotted the is. the chief justice said we dont dispute any of the comments that the president made about muslims and whether they display a bias toward muslims. were looking at what is at this third version and passes ...

>> and president trumps executive order doesnt guarantee the families wont be separated. 20 days after the detention of the whole family, the children have to be released. what happens after that? >> the family will have to be released. thats going to happen. they wont keep the children and send them out. the extension of the executive order of the agreement is that the entire family be released. thats kind of whats happening today. how are they going to house families for 20 days and second, ho...

Centers being built on military bases? >> there is clearly a need to find space for these families if they are going to be detained together. there are potentially thousands or tens of thousands in the coming months that will need a place to be. the executive order the president signed last week ordered the defense department to find spaces and now james mattis is saying theyre going to identify some places at military bases here in the united states. now, we dont know exactly where theyre going...

Order many and i think the president in private practice, he was a gut player, he would go with his gut as to how to solve a problem. now he has to deal with a little thing called the u.s. constitution. >> does he not realize that, is it disrespect? ignorance? >> this is a problem that has vexed many administrations. most people understand this is going to be a quite difficult area to wade into and solve quickly with an executive order or new laws. one would expect that you would handle this wit...

Welcome phil wegmann. this is related to a trump tweet about doing away with due process for those coming to this country illegally. no judges or court cases. back to where they came from. ironic that the words law and order are in the tweet let alone the fact they are capitalized. is this the right approach for the president that wants to preach law and order to do away with it? >> i dont think there is room to make distinctions on twitter. i know we have 240 characters now, but the president l...