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I see these young women, these young men who have -- who are incredibly bright, and they have aspirations, they want to go into the medical field, they want to go into law, they want to help their communities, and they have this little glimmer of light which is daca and theyre clinging on to that, and now were on the cusp of daca being taken away, so it affects me very much on a personal level, because these are students that ive known to come and care for. >> so, im curious, im going to stay wi...

Paramedic thats been or the front lines helping people recover from harvey and rescuing people. and i spoke to him about daca and his fears that hes going to be ripped away from everybody that he knows and loves as a result of whatever decision the president makes on tuesday. what caall do you think is goin into this decision making? do you have any indication of where its going to go? >> well, everything that ive read so far is that the president is leaning towards reversing the daca, provision...

Other live and work here illegally. the white house is promising a final decision soon on whether it will continue the program. the program allows 800,000 people, dreamers as many of them are known, to earn paychecks without fear. but president trump seems to be torn the white house wavered on when the white house would make a decision. >> a decision on daca? >> sometime today or over the weekend. >> should dreamers be worried? >> we love the dreamers. we love everybody. thank you very much. tha...

Basically that druch keeps making the mistake of calling republicans. when they could vote to repeal it, now its daca and everyone voted to repeal it. he said you guys wanted it. everyone is freaking out. >> you nailed it. i dont think people were taking the studentsal position. >> to the numbers you presented, understand that president trumps base, that 35%, 100% of them want to keep, or want to do away with daca. thats no question. this is a president who pardoned joe arpaio because he was rac...

Like this. were not doing anything but giving back, being model citizens, and you know, like i said, trying to give back. >> youre certainly doing so in your job as a paramedic, working on the front lines there with regard to harvey. but if the daca program gets scrapped, jesus, what does that mean for you, personally? what does it mean for your family? >> it means splitting up from, you know, people that ive known my entire life. it means leaving my friends, my girlfriend, coworkers, just every...

Really do appreciate that, and i hope that we can work together to fix this. >> well, jesus contreras, i got to tell you, in the brief time ive spoking with you, you have my admiration and i wish you the very best. please let us know whats going on with you because we want to follow your story, okay? >> yes, maam. and thank you. and i just want to say one thing. i want to express my condolences to the family of sergeant perez and to all these other families that lost family members and homes and...

Contaminated is another whole story that we have to think about going forward. >> sou much to talk about, i knw well be seeing you again. well have you weigh in on future issues were all going to be grappling with. to keep a promise or extend a dream. president trump is expected to make a decision on the future of nearly 800,000 children protected by daca. well speak with a daca recipient and texas paramedic whos been working nonstop to rescue victims of harvey. >> were literally on the ground...

>> to set the table, in 2014 all but 11 congressmen vote to get rid of daca. now you have rick scott, florida governor very conservative, coming out today. your governor. saying hes in favor of illegal immigration but against punishing kids for their parentss action. >> i dont think he had any clarity. that was a perfectly political statement. and it is a privilege for me to be on with gabby. let me say that right out front. heres what main street thinks. i bought into the republican narrative t...

Shields immigrants from deportation. as trump mulls his decision, a number of republicans have come out in support of the deferred action of childhood arrivals, also known as daca. >> 13 seconds. >> the president might be looking at pulling back daca, the d.r.e.a.m.ers act. >> i mean, i actually dont think he should do that, and i believe that this is something that congress has to fix. >> not all in the gop agree with that. ten attorneys general have threatened to sue if trump did not kill that...

And said youve convinced me. what happened in that meeting? >> well, we had a great conversation with the then donald trump, now president. and he had a lot of questions for us. he didnt know about immigrationest asked us, why havent you hired an attorney to deal with your problems? we explained, even if we hired the best attorney in the united states, there is no legal way for to us get some sort of status. so we explained to him dakota la and how important -- daca and how important it was. he ...