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Anderson cooper several weeks ago with the head of the imfrags and naturalization services. basically said were already doing the types of screenings they are pretending to want to do with the ban. this is all against muslims, period. >> lets talk about the breaking news that were learning, u.s. attorney, former now, former u.s. attorney preet bharara said he was fired after he declined to resign after it was requested by the justice department. how do you see this replacement of u.s. attorneys ...

Who are saying no, i dont have to do that. the law is what? >> well, this seems to be obviously a case where its all about the messenger and not the message. the obama administration deported 2.5 million illegal aliens during his last term. you didnt see the coverage and the uproar and the gnashing of teeth you see now. ive been in law enforcement 34 years. the spirit and montra is that we work together and cooperate. the constitution and federal laws are the supreme law of the land. immigration...

Public affairs. he is an msnbc political analyst and christine quinn speaker for the new york city council. rick, i want to start with you. the pushback against the ban, the case thats made. what do you make of it? >> the constitution gives control over immigration to congress. congress seeded so much of that control to the president. what we are headed for is a presidency shaped by the courts like nixon. the supreme court is going to decide where does immigration fall. its naturalization betwee...

>> we had slavery. we did terrible things in the past -- the most recent law of any import on this subject is the 1965 immigration and naturalization law which specifically prohibits the government from discriminating on the basis of national origin. you also have the first amendment that explicitly prohibits the united states from discriminating on the basis of religion. a federal judge felt these were t two reasons to stay the order. we did something like this in 1820, it doesnt really mean th...

>> in a joint statement the attorney general condemning president trumps what they call un-american and unlawful order. and naturalization service. and thank you for joining us. lets start with the biggest precedent involved. the constitution. what are the. >> its in deep tension with basic constitutional values. values against religious discrimination and values against broad brush actions that take no account of individuals. their potential due process

That, look, were just going to focus on the really bad elements. and thats something that actually does resonate across broad swaths of the political electorate. >> i agree with kim on that, but i do also think that it would help if he coupled this with a pledge to overhaul the immigration and naturalization services. anybody will tell you that if you try to apply legally, itll take you ten years to get residency in this country. we, the reason we have so many mexican immigrants is because we ne...

Enforce funding mechanisms to ensure sanctuary cities dont make us less safe. a sanctuary city that is supposed to putnam county makes the residents of putnam county less safe. clayton: its a spillover effect and then this affect surrounding counties. its going to be an interesting four years. it is day two of donald trumps presidency. a busy week ahead of us. we appreciate it. >> clayton, thank you so much. in putnam county, we celebrate naturalization. we celebrate immigrants coming here. grea...

You had a connection to the land, the focus was really on whether you were born on american soil. and the fact that they had all of the laws passed over the years to say that some people, by grace of congress, dont have to get naturalized has nothing to do with the meaning of natural born citizen. the idea that the constitution waxes and wanes and the meaning of this clause depends on what the latest congress has said about immigration and naturalization is completely at odds with the firm posit...

Originalism. that is constitution always means what it meant when it was adopted. except when its not convenient for him to mean that. i mean, this is a perfect example. if the constitution always meant what he claims, namely that if youve got an american mother it doesnt malter where in the world youre born, you become a natural born citizen at birth. well, then, why in the world did congress need to pass a law dealing with naturalization and immigration in 1934 saying, from now on, although it...

Omar farage syed al hardan. he entered in 2009 and was in the process of trying to become a u.s. citizen. facing one count of providing material support to isis. one count of making false statements and one count of procurement of citizenship or naturalization unlawfully. according to federal investigators he offered material support and expertise to isis. he faces up to 20 years. also the second man from sacramento al jajab, he entered in october of 2012 and as also in the process of trying to ...