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Walk me through where you are on daca. >> what i think is happening here, is the president beginning with his campaign, chuck, cynically attempted to play on peoples angst and passions for his own political mazenations. and didnt truly understand whats driving people in between los angeles and the beltway and why theyre concerned. i wrote about this today for "usa today." the average daca recipient makes about $36,000 a year, if employed. 51% of working americans dont make that much money a year...

Then maybe the president would say, here are some legislative options i would like -- here is what i want you to pass. right now he handed the ball to congress. you decide what you want to do. see if you can work out a deal. i read that as him saying, here is the legislative plan, try voting on this one. >> yesterday you said in an interview, they should go home and get in line and come back to the u.s. legally. given that the average daca recipient right now came to this country when they were ...

For this congress for the 16 years that they have considered the d.r.e.a.m. act. so its going to be a very small amount of time for them to try to cram that in. >> and allen, one of the things thats so confusing is from jeff sessions comments yesterday to homeland security, its not clear what theyre going to do with the data. with the family information that these young people voluntarily turned over under the understanding that they were going to be protected. >> yeah. and i go back all the way...

Shown themselves incapable of being able to pass anything major. even of the control the house and senate and white house. they have all of these recipients in texas. these are people in the houston area, paramedics are saving lives of people that is a daca recipient. getting rid of this without a plan to replace, it seems to me to quite frankly be mean. i hate to use the word but it seems mean. it also is bad economics. you asked the secretary about and he wavered on it because there are studie...

Being able to pass anything major. even of the control the house and senate and white house. they have all of these recipients in texas. these are people in the houston area, paramedics are saving lives of people that is a daca recipient. getting rid of this without a plan to replace, it seems to me to quite frankly be mean. i hate to use the word but it seems mean. it also is bad economics. you asked the secretary about and he wavered on it because there are studies that save you pick out all o...

Being able to pass anything major. even of the control the house and senate and white house. they have all of these recipients in texas. these are people in the houston area, paramedics are saving lives of people that is a daca recipient. getting rid of this without a plan to replace, it seems to me to quite frankly be mean. i hate to use the word but it seems mean. it also is bad economics. you asked the secretary about and he wavered on it because there are studies that save you pick out all o...

Carla perez. thank you for being here. im excited to talk to you. one of the things we wanted to do, jim, is to take people out of the mindset that the issue of daca is just about mexican migrants because i think a lot of people have the stereo type that every single daca recipient came from mexico and immigration is just a mexican and american problem. but it is much bigger than that. tell us your story. >> so my parentsa and moved fro south korea when i was 7 and they knew the education system...

Our client has been very consistent and very adamant that he did not leave this country of his own volition. he was physically removed. and then reentered. and so we have been seeking the truth, seeking answers from the federal government for many, many weeks. we filed this lawsuit on tuesday. however, weve been asking the government for information about this case to better understand what occurred for several weeks. and the government has yet to provide any dedaltailed answers. they have spoke...

You used to have are gone overnight. >> reporter: and while president trumps executive orders on immigration exempted daca, the detention of this former daca recipient in mississippi. >> today my father and brother await deportation. >> reporter: after she told her immigration story publicly, has elias published multiple op-eds in his college paper and other vocal immigrants around the country added fear they could be next. >> it is very painful. it is a sense of a lack of security that you shou...

>> some people are so surprised were having strong borders. thats what ive been talking about for a year and a half, strong border. theyre so surprised. thats what ive been talking about to the press and everybody else. >> cities across the country today stores were shuttered, protested mounted in a day without immigrants coordinated action. joining me christina jiminez, co-founder of united we dream. christina i wonder if you can talk about what kind of ripple effect these stories anecdotally a...