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President canceled daca in order to use that program as leverage in order to get his wall. that didnt work. the courts intervened and so we saw in april of this year the administration now enact a new policy of criminalizing asylum seekers which by then necessitates them being separated from their children. >> michael steele, i feel stupid for how often i ask this question, but whats wrong with the republicans? >> theyve just been -- theyve been trump-etized. >> theyre traumatized? >> the realit...

Giving illegal immigrants legal status. from a base standpoint, maybe trump kicks it over to the house. republicans are really not in a win, win situation. >> it does seem that the president is hearing the criticism and now saying if congress doesnt do something, im going to revisit it. although who knows what it means. >> the problem is, its a stand-alone bill, which means republicans may try to bring in enforcement mechanisms and pair it with them. but if its a standalone bill, republicans if ...

Its an example of trump playing rogue and playing to what his base would like, politically. >> theres something not getting as much attention, his praise of hr mcmaster. you wrote abiliout this, too, t. the sparring between bannon and mcmaster. the president said i respect mcmaster, i like him. basically saying, hes here to stay. >> from a republican base standpoint, they were uncomfortable with allowing susan rice to have classified access. >> its typical, not a special thing he gave her. >> i ...

>> hes handed healrepublicans huge problem. there is a real possibility that well gend to the end of -- to the end of 2017 and the republicans and the senate and the house and the presidency and the only significant accomplishment will be raising the debt ceiling and giving illegal immigrants legal status in america. so from a base standpoint, president trump maybe kicks it over to the house. republicans arel -- are reallyn a no win situation. >> and in tweet, it is hearing the criticism and sta...