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Counter to our values, we dont support. in this case we dont support the presidents policy. there are a number of other policies the president has which we do support. in this case we do not support this one. >> reporter: two weeks ago you told me on this network that fords decision to cancel plans to build a plant in mexico and instead create 700 u.s. jobs in michigan was a, quote, vote of confidence in the president and in his agenda. do you have any less confidence in the president and his ag...

Documentation to prove they are who they say they are. when our enemy tells us they are going to use that system to hurt us i think its just the presidents duty and responsibility to take a pause right now, let his experts come up with a system that hes comfortable with that will allow us to help those syrian refugees and at the same time protect our nation from our enemies. >> but i want to ask you about -- i think it is a good point that you make that -- certainly i think people are worried th...

The rest of the world looks to america for leadership. the bilateral relationship that most countries have with the u.s. is widely considered to be the most important, whether its saudi arabia, whether its qatar, whether its the united arab emirates. these nations look to the u.s. for leadership. they dont want to jeopardize the relationship by coming out and kpr and criticizing the u.s. but i can assure you behind closed doors they have a real sense of anxiety and fear for the unknown, what doe...

Secure the country, he wants to have more security in the country. as he is going about it, its just against our values as a company, and were going to live by the values of our company. >> reporter: i should note so people out there understand that dearborn, michigan, where ford is head quartered is home to one of the biggest arab-american populations in the country. a third of the residents are arab-american. how much does this have to do with your public statement? >> as a company we have to ...

Company. as i mentioned, poppy, were a company that leads by -- lives by our values, and when we see something thats not aligned with that, well call it out. >> reporter: does this seem like a muslim ban, in part, to the company? you have muslims that work for ford. >> youll have to ask the administration and the president that question. from our standpoint its simply that its not aligned with our values and, therefore, we are taking a stand on this. >> reporter: the president is following throu...

Danger rather than peoples religious beliefs i think he was right. >> why on the fourth page of this order does it talk about prioritizing refugee claims made by individuals on the basis of religious based persecution, provided -- and this is the important part -- that the religion of the individual is a minority religion in the individuals country of nationality. i mean, if they are percent cait cuted against and they are not in a minority religion how are they then getting less preferential tr...

To do that. we were straightforward last week when he asked us for opinion on how to drive growth, economic growth and manufacturing jobs in the u.s. well do it with candor and well also do it, poppy, with respect. >> reporter: does this hurt that growth? i kept thinking over the weekend, steve jobs father was a syrian immigrant. without him, we may not have apple. how have immigrants, redskifuge helped ford. >> the history of our country. first off were all immigrants into this country. secondl...

This. and also there are some things you seem to think were executed too quickly or not clearly enough. >> first of all, there is a lot of hysteria, panic about what has taken place over the weekends. if you look at it, its just a pause. president obamas secretary for homeland security who is a good friends of mine testified before my committee, im on holds until the house and said we dont have a vetting process in place right now that would assure the evident is a of the american people. so wha...

You are going to be reacting. what i want to be clear on is the president is not going to wait. hes going to make sure he does everything in his power when he can to protect the homeland and its people. thats it. so getting ahead of threats is the key. not waiting until they happen. not saying hey once it happens how do we react to them to make sure it doesnt happen again. what i want to be clear about is that since becoming president he has continued to take steps through executive order and ot...

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