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Completely overlooked talked about restricting future legal immigration to set essentially a share of the country that is foreign born, a standard weve never used before in our immigration policy. in all of these ways, you see the bannon vision being moved forward, of a republican party that is fundamentally about kind of resisting the trends of globalization, both economically and demographically, and the extent to which the entire republican party is being put on that roller coaster and at ris...

And none was targeted by this ban. also not on the list countries where president trump appears to have business interests. how big is the actual threat here at home? lets be honest. thats what this is about, fear right? the chance of an american being killed by a foreign born terrorist is 1 in 3.6 million. looking specifically at refugees that statistic jumps to 1 in 3.64 billion with a b. 2015 data from the centers for disease control and prevention shows us youre actually more likely to die b...

Hundreds of foreign nationals and foreign born naturalized citizens who have been implicated in terrorism in the united states since 9/11. this is a matter of national security. its a matter of keeping the public safe and the reality in the world with 7 billion people, the united states has an sloot sovereign right to determine who can and cannot enter in the united states. brian: normal allies to the administration like bob corker and michael mccaul, the chairman of home land security were crit...

Period and weve seen before that the government can, you know, progressively increase the number of countries that are subject to these sorts of rules. >> omar thank you very much, from the aclu. joining me california congressman adam schiff, top democrat on the house intelligence committee. congressman a number of things have been, you know, coming at us fast and furious. first of all, you have major universities, stanford and princeton and columbia and penn and others advising faculties and st...

Theyre out here standing very peacefully making their voices heard about they want an end to this immigrant ban. richard? >> what kind of chance have you heard while i was listening to some of them yesterday as we were covering them across the country. what are they chanting and saying during the rally right now? >> reporter: well, one of the things theyre saying, as i mentioned earlier, they are chanting no ban, no wall, no ban, no wall. and we are immigrants. this is an immigrant city. its ver...

Something about nearly 40% of the residents of new york city are, indeed, foreign born. so, the message about immigrants resonates strongly here. ari? >> nbcs rehema ellis am new york city. well be checking back with you. thank you. one of the groups at the forefront of this fight has been the aclu, filing that petition on behalf of detainees. joining us now is the busy man in this firestorm, anthony romero. thanks for taking time for us. >> not everyone follows this every minute of the day. >> ...

None of them alleged to have been in any form of terrorist activity. they have to go through rigorous screening already. it is one of those sounds good but as a practical matter is not making a difference to the terrorism issue which is overwhelmingly a domestic terrorism united states problem. 9/11 was carried out by 19 foreign born arab terrorists. we conceive of it as a problem that comes from outside when in fact it is a problem that is internal to the united states. >> the chilling observat...

New american pathways. >> we are proactively going to refugee camps. working with the united nations, setting up resettlement centers and going through a careful thought out process. >> reporter: americans who fear terrorist refugees coming to the u.s. have legitimate concerns and the strict 18 to 24 month vetting process for refugees heading to the u.s. should temper any worries. weve been receiving refugees for 35 years. ted is the mayor of clarkston, georgia. 13,000, half of the towns residen...

Lived in a refugee camp in turkey and resettled just outside of atlanta, georgia. with the georgia nonprofit new american pathways. >> were going to refugee camps, working with the united nations. setting up resettlement centers and going through a careful thought-out process. >> mixon says american who is fear terrorist refugees coming to the u.s. have legitimate concerns. but she says the strict 18 to 24-month vetting process for refugees heading to the u.s. should temper any worries. >> weve ...

>> theres no ed that would indicate otherwise. >> violence against women act. senator leahy asked some of those questions. you and i discussed it. really important to me. i just have one question there. if confirmed will you continue to support the life saving work being done by the office on violence against women? >> yes. >> thank you. immigration, you and i have some different views on this. i often focus on the economic benefits of immigration. the fact that we have 70 of our fortune 500 com...