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>> reporter: jamiel sr. has been trying to get the law passed and fast forward to 2015 and he got a chance to hand his proposal to then candidate donald trump. then in president trumps joint address to congress he recognized shaw and offered this. >> i have ordered the department of homeland security to create an office to serve american victims. the office is called voice -- victims of immigration crime engagement. >> reporter: some democrats groaned and booed the new office. >> thats an insult...

Out of here. >> reporter: shaw has been fighting ever since to get jameels law passed that targets undocumented immigrants who join gangs. fast forward to 2015 and sean got a chance to hand his proposal to then candidate donald trump. then in president trumps joint address to congress he recognized shaw and offered this -- >> i have ordered the department of homeland security to create an office to serve american victims. the office is called voice -- victims of immigration crime engagement. >> ...

Immigration duties yet the directives also keep in contact the dreamer program. that was president obamas order that allowed 750,000 undocumented immigrants to allow the children to work and go to school. >> is one of the goals here mass deportation? >> no. >> not at all? >> what we have to get back to is understanding a couple things. theres a law in place that says if youre in this country illegally that we have a obligation to make sure people in this country are here legally, what the order ...

Already made it clear he will not stand for anti-semitism for anti smetic acts, there are critics including hillary clinton to air her grievances this morning, so for someone who has watched president trump as a candidate struggled to denounce racism, anti-semitism you might still have questions after this but its pretty clear that the white house is not interested in entertaining any more of those, sean spicer says it is done and it is up to the president to show over the next couple of years t...

White house is that those people illegally in this country, and committed a crime will be the first to go and will be making first to make sure they go. they were handcuffed behind their backs the last administration had so many carve outs for who could and couldnt be juadjudicated that it made i hard to enforce the laws of the country. >> now a child of daca and a dreamer, thanks for coming on. >> thanks for having me. >> just on the news today you saw sean spicer the notion the goal is not mas...

Law enforcement to crack down on illegal immigration. the white house says its merely upholding the laws on the books and it emphasizes its focus for now is on those who have committed other crimes here in the u.s. although cnn is learning there is broad leeway about what crimes would be considered significant enough to trigger deportation. the white house says the president plans to keep in place for now the dreamer program for undocumented immigrants who were brought into the country as childr...

Administration overed medicaid, and over his effort to extend his dreamer program to adults who had legal citizen children who were undocumented. we saw the exact same pattern where they had a single district court in that case block the nationwide application of that executive order. it went up through a conservative circuit, was upheld, went to the supreme court. the supreme court didnt act, and president obama was check mated. it was that exact decision that the judge in seattle, in washingto...

President obamas dreamer program. its technically called deferred action for childhood arrivals or daca and its why 750,000 undocumented immigrants can get drivers licenses, legally work and attend college. now many college presidents want to protect those undocumented students so lets talk about that. with me is president of the university of san francisco, father paul fitzgerald. welcome, father. >> thank you very much for having me. >> thanks for being with me. tell me what your undocumented ...

Children. they were able to get valid drivers licenses, able to go to college and legally secure jobs under president obamas special program. it was on the campaign trail president-elect trump said he would end that program. javier polomaras is the president of the united states chamber of commerce. hes been talking with the trump transition team. good morning. >> good morning, carol, how are you in. >> im good. so what does mr. trump say about the dreamer program? >> my conversations with micha...

Dreamer program if you are in a gang, if youre a known gang member, you dont qualify. so if he was in a known gang and was allowed to stay here under deferred action by the president, then the administration screwed up. >> right. lets set some basics. senator grassley says he has a source. we dont know who the source is. >> hes asking to confirm this of dhs. >> correct. >> hes received no response thus far. >> hes giving them a deadline. but the program under which senator grassleys source belie...