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Are they living a productive life, have they committed crimes and if they cleared a vet, we gave them to daca status and told them we will not share that information with i.c.e. we will not deport them and now were at a moment where this administration arbitrarily on september 5th decided to vote that promise and then came up with another arbitrary date, march 5th by which were going to end the protection of these almost 800,000 young people who buy the way, are in our colleges, graduate schools...

Temporary reprieve. it says that they can remain in the country, they can continue to work. they can continue to live in their communities and they can reapply for daca status for another two years. thats huge, because the daca recipients have been waiting, their fate has been in the balance to see what congress was going to do. this doesnt end the debate around immigration reform, but this is a huge victory for the recipients. >> yeah, its one piece of a very big and complicated picture and try...

Lets discuss this with cnn legal analyst via skype from los angeles. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> thanks for being here so bright and early or late in your case. lets talk about this ruling and first what does it mean for the some 700,000 dreamers here? this is a huge victory for the dreamers. it rescinds the policy enacted by the trump administration in september. it says that those dreamers that are leer have an opportunity to reapply and to remain in the united states. and the iro...

Daca participants have already lost their daca status? that was an astounding thing. i expect the homeland security secretary to know her facts better. >> inside, senator, thank you so much for your time, thank you. joe arpaio, a man of many titles. former sheriff, obama birther, convicted criminal. now he wants to add senator to the list. and the case for making sure every president from here on in is a stable genius. in tonights "thing 1, thing 2" next. ♪ (vo) do not go gentle into that ...

>> when you talk about comprehensive immigration reform, which is where i would like to get to eventually, if we do the right bill here, we are not very far away. weve done most of it. you want to know the truth, we do this properly, daca, youre not so far away from comprehensive immigration reform. and if you want to take it that further step, ill take the heat, i dont care. >> did it surprise you to hear donald trump say hes for comprehensive immigration reform? >> thats what he said today. an...

Surprised if the timeline were compressed for this, unless it becomes part of this funding fight in december that would obviously make it closer to three months for those kids. democrats have already been protesting about the fact they didnt extend the deadline for people who wanted to apply for daca status this year and found out that, hey, this program might be going away. so you know, its still a pretty -- six months sounds like a long time for congress. its actually often not that long. >> n...

Recipient. lets talk about the numbers for a second. >> you can. >> no, you cant. not if youve committed a crime. you lose your status. >> okay. no, there are several, certain high-level crimes cause you to lose your status. lower-level crimes do not allow you to lose your status and if you have been arrested, but not convicted, you can get daca. >> last week you said have you been arrested but not convicted. you are innocent until proven guilty. let me talk about the numbers. 1,500 people have ...

Administration is not offering much comfort to those dreamers who handed over their personal contact information to the department of homeland security when they received protection from deportation. officials now say that information potentially could be used by immigration authorities and that as soon as those dreamers lose their daca status, they are eligible for deportation just like anybody else who is in the country illegally. wolf? >> all right, jim accosta at the white house, thanks very...

That spirit of unity might be fleeting. tuesday, president trump may scrap daca, that obama era program allowing a million young people to live and work in the united states, shielding them from deportation. ending it would result in more than 100,000 people losing their daca status and jobs every day. hundreds of business leaders, including facebook, google, apple, and a number of top republicans have grown a chorus of voices urging trump not to kill daca. public support for dreamers is strong,...

Beforehand. portland a sanctuary city. residents of one washington town are pushing for a vote on their sanctuary city policy. this comes as a 23-year-old illegal immigrant sits in jail they are accused of a heinous crime. dan springer tells us. >> on the night of june 25, a 19-year-old woman was beaten and raped. she had a bloody head, missing teeth, ear was torn, was only wearing her tank top. four days later police arrested their suspect at the apartment complex next door. 23-year-old salvado...