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Arkansas, alabama. what do you make of the fact that texas, which has one of the largest daca populations is in the midst of whats going on with harvey and a part of this threat to sue over daca? >> thanks for the invitation, joy. and thank you and congratulations for this show with dreamers really at the front of this line. were at a defining moment in this country, joy, where were not operating even under a legal timeline. this is a completely manufactured timeline that paxton, the attorney ge...

Back on august 16, 2015. and chuck asks him specifically about the executive order that he wants to rescind which was the dream act and talking about daca. lets take a listen. >> the executive order gets rescinded, one good thing about it -- >> youll rescind that one too? >> one good thing -- >> youre going to rescind that daca? >> you have to. we have to make a whole new set of standards. >> youre going to split up families, deport children? >> no, no, were going to keep families together. >> b...

Protected status protecting haitian migrants. >> haitians, somolians. im also a young black man living in the city of baltimore and there are particular nuances and consequences of that. >> can you talk about that? one is policing. how does it complicate interacting with police when you add blackness, which is already, you know, an issue, when it comes to policing, but also undocumented status? >> i think with daca right now is a perfect example. i know statistically im more likely to be picked ...

And in may of this year i graduated with a bachelors in mathematics. i now work for a bank in the fraud department and essentially i protect and monitor our citizens money from being stolen through financial crimes. i do believe that my work ethic is an asset to this nation. and i just dont understand how removing dacas beneficial for anyone at all. you know, the term american should not be defined with a document or the lack of one. it is more so the willingness to contribute to the country and...

As of june 15, 2012, you have to continuously reside in the u.s. since june 15, 2007. you have to be in school, have a diploma or a g.e.d. or be a veteran, meaning some are already in the military, note that, you have to have no felonies or significant demeanor convictions, deemed not a threat to national security or public safety. so if you look at just who these folks are, maria, median age is 25 years old, median age of arrival was 6 years old. 91.4% of them are employed. and of those 56% wer...

Back. so were calling on everyone, educators, health professionals, people of faith, elected officials, state, local level, anyone who cares about america, who cares about the dignity and justice of every single human being stand up with us. on tuesday president trump may or may not announce it, he may announce it before then, we dont know. stand with us. we at the national immigration law center are ready to sue if we need to, but were also calling on congress. >> yeah. absolutely. jose will be...

You have made it here. you will make it. and thats the kind of spirit that truly is an american spirit, right? its truly an american spirit. were going to do it however and that youre going to take with you no matter where you end up. by the way, dont give up, because they have all of their employers, all of their neighbors. whats going to happen now, right, is that daca, like white supremacy is out there. and everybodys talking about it. so, thank you, donald j. trump for making daca the thing ...

Bounty is more absorbent, so the roll can last 50% longer than the leading ordinary brand. so you get more "life" per roll. bounty the quicker picker upper. whats your decision on daca, mr. president? a decision on daca? >> some time today or over the weekend well have a decision. >> should dreamers be worried? >> we love the dreamers. we love everybody. thank you very much. >> this has been yet another busy news week with harvey devastating the city of houston and multiple developments in the...

Minutes with us, with daca recipients who have been volunteering and helping here in the city of houston, to come meet us and to -- so he can understand and remove the stereotype that is here. were not here to cause any harm. were here to help. that is all we want. >> joining me now, jose antonio vargas. thank you all. julietta, i know youre coming from a protest, can you tell us what that was all about? >> yeah, we did all night protest outside the governors mansion office. im really exhausted....

In point of fact on the campaign trail is his solution is deport people, is that people need to go. he said, quote, they need to go. they have to go. so im not sure how you square that with the idea of compassion if his solution is to remove people from the united states. >> well, of course certainly were not going to remove millions of people. >> but if you end daca, then all 800,000 people are subject to deportation immediately. >> well, so i think what the president and, again, he can obvious...