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Groups, several different scenarios and we control for different periods of u. S. Residency, how long do people would people have to have been here in order to qualify. So theres about 3. 6 million unauthorized immigrants who dont qualify for daca who fall into one of these parent categories and about 1. 5 million spouses who dont qualify for daca, unauthorized immigrants who are spouses of citizens or bprs. Those categories overlap so theres about 4. 2 Million People who are either a spouse or ...

Island when my father was recruited to work at a Textile Factory there. My parents, like the parents of those who might be eligible for deferred action under the president s executive authority, came here in pursuit of the American Dream for their children. Last month, president obama announced policy changes that bring muchneeded humanity and transparency to our immigration system. The president s actions are well within the scope of his authority. He is relying on the doctrine of prosecutorial...

Rapidly right now is an Amazing Community organizing infrastructure that got my boss elected, that got an incredible city council elected and thats been really savvy about moving the politics in a way where we can move things a lot more quickly than we have even in the past. And i think Something Like executive action where you have Community Organizations with memberships that are going to be interacting with people about this, its an opportunity to capitalize on that for membership growth, for...

Fully to our society. Reasonable minds might disagree on the politics or whether this is even real good policy. But what issen deniable is that the status quo is wholly unacceptable. Lupita, the brave 13yearold who is in the audience today, understands the psychological trauma the threat of deportation can cause. I met her over eight years ago when her father was detained in a large Los Angelesarea raid. During the years that followed, lupita suffered and struggled. Most americans understand tha...

All our states are hit by the slew of proposed epa rules aimed squarely at the fossil fuel industry and folks that work in that industry. I would like to highlight a letter from the governor of wyoming to the epa administrator on april 28th i ask that letter be entered into the record, madam chairman. In this letter the governor highlights a study by the center for Energy Economics and Public Policy at university of wyoming entitled impact of the coal economy on wyoming published february of thi...

Been given one year, thats a very real problem. But there are real costs being expended by the states and also i believe this administration is not interested whether the rule is finalized so long as the marketplace moves away from them. If coal fired power plants have to be retired quicker than baseline, then theyre going to accomplish the goal, even if this regulation never is upheld in courts. Thank you i want to follow up on this. Ill wait until the second round. Senator markey. Thank you ma...

Shuddering coal generation in the state of oklahoma. Its a concern 3r5k9ically and a concern legally. Looking at it as a nonattorney, you look at the tenth amendment which refers to reserving power to the states do you think this is consist went the tenth amendment . Well, i think this case and i would add this to the comments earlier from a fellow panelist, i dont think its terribly novel for us to have a dispute or a case about statutory construction. You know, i indicated that it is a Traditi...

We never heard another briefing on that matter. And so when we passed that law, we felt that we did it for a good reason. The law didnt just state that we would be given a notice. It required that the department would provide numerous pieces of critical information, including how the risk posed by the detainee had been substantially mitigated, how the transfer is in the National Security interest of the United States, an assessment of the capacity, willingness, and past practices of the receivin...

We thought the conflict was over in iraq and we see that it is not. It continues to go on. Now, the second thing, i may have left a wrong impression when i was talking to the secretary saying that if you had given the same report that that probably would have just solved everything. We still have big concerns about the five. And i didnt mention that when we were briefed in november of 11 and january of 12 that there was real concern of members of congress that those five be released, in fact the...

Thats bothered me about reports we hear in the press and some of the briefings that weve had over a period of time, that we get different answers from one time to another. Well go back and check our notes from that meeting, but when i asked that specific question, it was nobody responded, and you were in that you were one of the briefers. I frankly dont know whether the question was directed to me or whether it was properly understood. I can tell you i asked all of the briefers, i said at any ti...