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Stamps and medicaid instead of paying them a living wage. >> so if youre going to try to get that attached as some sort of tax package. they have to do these three things up front before they even touch that. and those, when you talk about special interests, the special interests dont want them on blow through the debt ceiling. and i dont think they want a government shutdown. >> they want none of those things. but keep in mind, if theyve talked about tax reform forever and a day, and in the end...

>> i think they would be challenge in the court. there were ten lawsuits around the country challenging daca. i think the united states in trying on defend that would lose. >> congressman, that is -- that is a process argument. it was not a process argument from jeff sessions. he said those people, referring to these folks, family members of your constituents, they took americans jobs. they were brought here at 5 or 7. theyre taking from americans. do you agree with that? >> i agree that there a...

Are in other places around the country. this is son of a house keeper and farm worker. came to the u.s. at the age of 8 and was undocumented. congressman, as someone who is not personally a d.r.e.a.m.er in the sense of a daca recipient but whose experience is very much ha lined with theirs, what was your reaction when you first heard this was snapping. >> thank you for having me. very disheartening. to see that the president a few days after saying that he loves these people, that he will take a...

For them. it also laid bare a real divide in the white house, where steve bannon, steven miller, the architects of his immigration policies and the travel ban, really wanted to push forward with eliminating the program. others, more moderate voices in the white house, jared kushner, gary cohen, suggested keeping it in place. worried the impact it would have on business. but some of those moderates have seen their voice, their influence really weakened in light of charlottesville. he criticized t...

That yielded terrible humanitarian consequences. it also denialed jobs to hundreds of thousands of americans by allowing those same illegal aliens to take thoses jobs. >> after a handsful of conservative state attorney generals threatened to sue over daca, he said the justice department wouldnt defend program. forcing the presidents hand. according to the "new york times," as late as one hour before the decision was to be announced, administration officials privately expressed concern that trump...

Administration expects, as you may have heard there, congress to figure out a solution to daca. the president preempted the official notice tweeting, congress, get ready to do your job. daca. and remember what other actions are avwaiting action from congress. a week from tonight, billions more for hurricane irma. we have an update on that at the end of the broadcast. a new budget, a new debt limit, tax reform, infrastructure, maybe even another shot at repeal and replace. all this in a month whe...

Classroom, it will still exacerbate and many others had. are professionals and students. so i wish that the president had a little more compassion. a little more empathy. this is america. this is the land of opportunity. were a land of immigrants from all over the world and this goes against the american values. >> okay. thank you. the white house called on congress to pass a daca bill as part of a larger package which would include funding for a border wall and new restrictions on legal immigra...

Country dont, are ineligible for any kind of welfare. any kind of government subsidies. they pay over $2 billion in taxes every year. they have a 91% employment rate. 65,000 of them graduate from high school every year. 10,000 graduate from college every year. >> right. >> theyve undergone extensive back ground checks. this was the line in the sand for me. >> javier -- javier -- javier -- >> that was it. >> you know. that i know that. we know what the policy arguments. we know it going in. the p...

Has six months to legalize daca if they cant, i will revisit this issue. someone who is very familiar with consequential decisions, josh earnest joins me now along with jennifer ruben. so, basically "the new york times" predicted this morning. they ran a piece on which they had a paragraph which i dont know if i had in front of me that said people around him worry he doesnt understand what hes doing. and as late as one hour before the announcement, private officials expressed that mr. trump did ...

Extend dakota la until a legislative solution is passed. the president didnt listen to you. >> i think he did. i think he extended it for another six months until we can get this right in congress. i think he said that president obama overextended. he was legislating with an executive order. it is the role of congress. we have to now act. if it continued for three more years, congress could have kicked this can down the road. >> so ive heard this before. the objection of daca is a process. jeff ...