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These benefits and were leeching off the government. but we dont have medicare. half of my mouth is rotting. >> reporter:s daca recipient, shes not eligible for medical insurance programs or federal financial aid for school. >> im emotional because some days it feels like our sacrifices arent enough. and our trauma isnt enough. >> reporter: oscar was his high school class president, but then his father got deported. since then, hes had to work up to four jobs at a time to help his mother feed a ...

But that doesnt mean anything. everyones hearts can beat. but can he relate to us? >> it almost feels like were just a game, you know, like this is one big chess game for them. >> reporter: according to a lawsuit filed in new york against the department of homeland security, the march 5th memo would have meant 1400 daca recipients would lose their status every working day. but the supreme court stayed out of the dispute which allowed a federal court ruling that the memo cannot be allowed to stan...

>> reporter: bosty lopez is a daca recipient. isaac felix is an american citizen. both are of mexican heritage. they came together in san bernardino to take part in a religious gathering normally held in guadalajara, but for the first time ever, the light of the world church has brought it to the u.s. faith has brought these two together, but some of their political views couldnt be further apart. is donald trump a good president in your view? >> i believe he is. i believe he is. i believe donal...

>> we have been talking a lot about the dreamers but not talking to them. look at what they have been called. illegals, murderers, gangbangers. now lazy, sitting on their asses. thats what the white house chief of staff said. very controversial. we will talk to somebody who is a daca recipient. however do they feel about this next. hi im joan lunden. todays senior living communities have never been better, with amazing amenities like movie theaters, exercise rooms and swimming pools, public cafe...

Embracing drama but getting to the bottom of these deals in a way that is bipartisan. bipartisanship is how our democracy works. heather: he gave them a bipartisan chance to get the deal done and put together on daca until march 5th when it runs out, gave them a chance to do that and they could come together to do it. >> lets be clear, the only concession democrats got was a vote on this daca deal, the president offered a deal that goes beyond the initial 690,000 daca recipient, broadens that to...

And the next year he came back illegally to find work. six american-born children and a seventh on the way. >> laura: you heard that. he was here 20 years, does not speak english. he was deported once only to come back illegally. and his 13-year-old wife is a daca recipient. contrary to what democrats have tried to do to brainwash generations of african-americans to believe that republicans are racist, terrible heart was people, theyve done the same with hispanics. its only donald trump who had ...

Other hand, hes made such a big deal saying that he feels em empathetic to these people as well that had they gone that route, that would have sent a different message right out of the box. >> and theyre bringing parents of somebody who was killed by a group that is inspired by and filled with people who are allegedly part of undocumented immigrants. >> and this was a controversial thing with trumps military program. he would get up there with these poor mothers whose children had been murdered ...

>> i like general kelly. i think hes a wonderful man. >> are you saying steve miller? >> the reason we yanked these things back is mr. miller, ive known him for a long time and i know his early support of the president. his mainstream has never been in agreement with the senate, and were never going to get there as long as we embrace concepts that cant possibly get 60 votes. one of the concepts i completely reject is that we have too much legal immigration. mr. miller was to restrict legal immig...

General kelly, i think hes a wonderful man. >> are you saying steve miller? >> i think the reason we yanked these things back is because mr. miller -- ive known him for a long time, i know hes passionate. ill tell you, his view of immigration has never been in the mainstream of the senate, and were never going to get there as long as we embrace concepts that cannot possibly get 60 votes. one of the concepts that i just completely reject is that we have too much legal immigration. now, mr. miller...

Joining me is lead organizer for our dream campaign and a daca recipient. youve been tweeting todaast night as the government shutdown began. you thank the democrats but you also thanked jeff flake and lindsey graham standing with you, meaning dreamers in this vote. you feel that the pressure that you put on members of congress has born some fruit. >> absolutely. right now we have seen its a moment that none of us want to see. i want to make sure that people know and understand that dreamers did...