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Zaire and british guyana. i have no paperwork that tells me how they did that. i have no idea what their process was. all i know is im american, they came here, and we never questioned it. so i find it weird that people -- you know what i mean, thats how i define american. im here, i was born here. my mother came at some point was naturalized somehow. >> for me whats been stunning about a moment like this, you know, three journalists of color, which is a rarity that you see on cable news, by the...

Help. >> and, you know, gin, we know that according to migration policy institute, you know, undocumented asian americans are actually the fastest growing group of the undocumented population a growth rate of 202%, asian americans are the fastest growing immigrant group overall. but some of these communities are also insulated, right? not necessarily mainstreamed anyway. does that add an additional layer of fear for undocumented asians? >> yeah, so i think thats one of those things i think about...

Lets have a more secure path to citizenship. why even have them have to worry about every two years? even change every three thats not enough. why not have a more concrete direct way of saying -- >> im still not sure -- >> does chris support daca or not? >> i think he supports -- i think that would be a good note, were going to put you down supporting comprehensive immigration reform. thats good news. we want to end on a good note. thank you very much. up next, you will meet some american dreame...

Defend. >> thank you. >> do you think its ironic that donald trump had promised that he was going to do a press conference to discuss the process through which his own wife immigrated to this country? that for a while also was questioned. do you find ironic that being married to an immigrant and somebody for whom there had been questions about her immigration status when she first started working in the country, whether she was working legally in the country, do you find that ironic at all? >> l...

America is the only country they know. this tuesday donald trump is expected to announce whether hell end the obama-era program allowing these dreamers to remain in the u.s. a program known as deferred action for childhood arrivals, or daca for short. well, candidate trump referred to daca as illegal amnesty on the campaign trail. once in the white house he promised to handle the issue with, quote, heart. well, now his hand is being forced by first ten and now nine republican attorneys general a...

Paxton whos putting a threat on the program that we want on our daca. we wanted to make it very clear when they try to terrorize us, criminalize us and deport us, were actually going to take over his space. were going to make it clear that immigrants are here to stay. that were here to stay and to actually be part of the rebuilding of our beautiful state as harvey has hit us so hard. >> and for those viewers unaware of it what julieta is talking about, a federal judge blocked texas ban on sanctu...

People there are real mental health consequences that theyre dealing with, right? theyre like what did i do wrong. i followed everything and theyre living in this limbo. and you know what i want to say to them, joy, actually, is, you know, theyve got you, the daca recipients, youve got to find a way to, one, not give up. like youve got to find a way to totally know youre going to make it because youve already been raised with the most extraordinary challenges in your life. so you are going to fe...

Our first responders have been doing absolutely heroic work to shepherd people out of harms way and their courage and devotion has saved countless lives. they represent truly the very best of america. >> among the very best of america helping in houston are daca recipients, the dreamers whose legal status is in trumps hands. in harris county alone 68,000 young people are eligible for daca. the most of any county in texas. and second only to los angeles nationwide. several houston area dreamers w...

Create daca. imagine. up next, dreamers coming to the rescue in texas. who are these people?

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