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Made commitments to his base -- >> dan, i asked you this is a dreamer who said he doesnt believe in complete amnesty. this a dreamer who just told me he thinks that there should be some who can stay and some who cant. that it should be merit based, who helps this country move forward. that is a compromise and what im asking you is that a compromise that can you live with. >> thats not a compromise to us. fair is bringing the wisdom of 40 years of hindsight looking at recommendations from commiss...

Reform. and yet again, republicans refused to do it. which is why president obama was forced to introduce daca so at least these kids who are the epitome of the american dream, who are sum cum laudes, who have bled and died in our military, have a way to be able to stay here and continue to contribute to society. >> okay. dan, lets talk about that. i understand all the political finger pointing and that youre asking for a legislative fix. makes sense. however in the real world scenario, what hap...

So lets talk about this. >> theres this philosophy, right, dan, and then there are the numbers, the hard data. let me pull up a full screen for you and our viewers about what immigrants contribute to the economy. about 3 million foreign-born entrepreneurs -- theres all sorts of data that immigrants create small businesses. they generated $65.5 billion in 2014. that would obviously be decreased. immigrants represent 13% of the u.s. population, but make up 21% of all entrepreneurs in the country. ...

Working conditions. it puts the american worker first which is a big part of the trump promise and also makes immigration serve the american people and our priorities to make immigration once again great for america, not special interests on wall street and not as the life support system for the american political left. >> before i get to you, erica, dan, i just dont know the facts support what youre saying. you heard lindsey graham say cutting this amount of legal immigrants would devastate his...

Stein, and political director of "our revolution" erika andiola. dan, make the case for why the administration should cut legal immigration by half over the next decade. >> thanks, carol. its a great opportunity for the republican party to consolidate its political gains in the blue states that enabled trump to win. on this issue, major campaign promise of president trump, great hes embraced the bill. the bill does four things, makes immigration manageable, by decreasing unskilled immigration an...

We do need to fix our immigration system, but this is not the way to do it. we want people to come here in a way that theyre not going to risk their lives crossing the desert like my family did. we need to find a way to open our arms to people who are coming here to work, the pick our food and also to work in companies. we cannot close the door to immigrants because this is what this country has been about for so many years. even your ancestors were probably perhaps people who came here without ...

For the strength and energy to get back to doing... ...what you love. ensure. always be you. the white house announcing its support for an overhaul of the immigration system. the bill proposed by two gop senators aimed to cut legal immigration to the u.s. by half over ten years. not all republicans are in favor. >> i dont want an economy that doesnt recognize how diverse we are as a nation, and to take all the green cards and put them in one in the economy is i think ill advised, and i cant su...

Recommendations from commission after commission after commission, barbara jordan, theodore hess berg for the last 40 years. its good public policy. erica, your response? >> i think its time to stop scapegoating immigrants when it comes to this entire immigration. trump started his campaign saying the reason why the american people cannot find jobs is because of immigrants. thats not the reality. the reality is theres so many other things we can do in this country. i did work in the bernie campa...

National security, war powers, national defense and overseas immigration security. the supreme court upheld the reduction in refugee admissions. the presidents ability to suspend refugee admissions from overseas and the supreme court in doing this is certainly sending a clear signal. the only way our federal government can appropriate as a coherent whole and executing national security and policy is for the judiciary not to start inventing new constitutional rights to allow all kinds of plaintif...

Cecilia wong, deputy legal direct earn of the aclu and dan stein, president of the federation for american immigration reform. dan, i want to ask you first what do you think about this interim arrangement saying people with connections to the u.s., family, a student, lecturing or a job here, that theyre going to be okay? the supreme court has gotten itself involved at least in the interim. what did you think of that ahead of the supreme court taking up the case in a more final matter in the fall...