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President said. he invited the media in to sit in on a meeting with lawmakers to hear him say, if lawmakers came to an agreement on daca, hed sign it. a group of bipartisan senators led by dirk durbin on the right, lindsey graham on the left on your screen, did that, and the president dismissed it, calling it, quote, a big step backward, in this tweet on january 12th. now daca sits at the center of the government shutdown, meaning any talks about getting the government up and running again are l...

Recipient, about dreamers. are you frustrated that there arent more talk about stories like yours, that the media is not embracing a story like this? >> absolutely. thats why im so thankful for fox that theyre talking about this. they are keeping this alive. these are the people, the first line people who are here to help us are the officers. and our politicians our lawmakers are doing nothing but protecting the folks that theyre supposed to be keeping out of our country. and when you have stori...

Trump committed to him he wouldnt back an immigration bill unless he and senator tom cotton backed it. if thats true, good luck on making any kind of deal at all. joining me now, jim manly, former chief spokesman for senate mujoerd leader harry rooet, and erica, daca recipient, leading to fight to get the d.r.e.a.m. act passed. jim, let me start with you. what do you make of cottons role or the idea that cotton and meadows would have a veto on any of this? >> you know, its just another symbol of...

And shouldnt that come before these other considerations which matter but arent as urgent? >> we think not. we do think border security is a very urgent situation. say that to the family of kate steinle. say that to other families -- >> say that to the family of jorge garcigarcia, who just wat him get thrown out. >> chris, lets be clear. a daca fix would not help jorge garcia. hes not a daca recipient. >> he missed it by one year. but you could make changes in the law where you consider these ki...

Confusion the other day. and what strikes me as wildly wrong to say that president obama can create a program and that president trump cannot end it because of certain executive authority would seem to be the same. but can you tell us about the plans of the administration to appeal that or otherwise how you plan to address it? >> yes, sir. of course, the -- as the department of homeland security, we defer to the department of justice who is looking at a variety of ways in which to respond to tha...

Say that president obama can create a program and that president trump cannot end it because it is the executive authority would seem to be the same. can you tell us about the plans of the administration to appeal that or otherwise how you plan to address it? >> yes, sir. of course as the department of homeland security we defer to the department of justice who are looking at a variety of ways in which to respond to that. dhs is complying with the court order. we have begun to accept renewals fo...

It strikes me as wildly wrong to say that president obama can create a program and that president trump cannot end it. because, certainly, the executive authority would seem to be the same. but can you tell us about the plans of the administration to appeal that or otherwise how you plan to address it? >> yes, we defer to the department of justice, who are looking at a variety of ways in which to respond to that. what i can tell you is dhs is complying with the court order. we have begun to acce...

Unemployment. >> tucker: that is not a real number, as you know, and it doesnt change the fact that we are importing people who are overwhelmingly less skilled than our native population. look at the daca recipients. were hearing about, they are all military or class presidents. some of them are. but for every daca recipient in the military, two have been found to be in a gang. they are graduating high school at a much lower rate. going to college at a much lower rate than americans. it doesnt m...

Service predicting 50 mile an hour windss in long island and connecticut which means potential for downed trees is a big problem losing power but we are watching commuters bracing for it on long island. jillian: the department of homeland secretary opening the door for negotiation saying the trump administration would consider a pathway to citizenship for daca recipient as donald trump says he will not make a deal without funding for a border wall. will we see compromise? the white house columni...

It was done on a legalized basis. but the department of justice cant just wipe out whole sections of american law and just not going to enforce it after congress has passed such a law. so ill be glad to review it. well review the validity -- >> i hope you will. and for the record each daca recipient in individually interviewed, goes through an individual criminal background check and determines whether there is individual eligibility. having said that, i would ask you one last thing. >> the cour...