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A relatively -- crime of much lesser weight than, say, trafficking drugs into the united states or someone who illegally re-enters for the second or third time and has serious criminal history. this is really the palest of the immigration crimes. >> how is what the trump administration is doing, policywise, different than what bush and obama did? >> it removes discretion from federal prosecutors in those border districts, forcing them to prosecute every single one of these unlawful entries into the united states. and you can contemplate that they are forced by this policy, not a law but a doj ...

>> joining me now bill crystal and stephanie cutter. welcome both. stephanie, you have seen this movie before, but it was 2009 and it was town halls in the summer of 2009, democrats getting attacked everywhere they went over obama care. >> it is true. and the ironic thing is we were looking to expand care, not restrict it. you know republicans are basically hiding out in their offices and not going because they know what they will face. it is so bad that now democrats that were in border districts with republicans are going to the republican districts to hold townhalls because republicans won'...

>> it's not just democrats. a lot of republicans do not want to fund this wall . it's expensive. they don't believe that it works. none of the congressmen who represent border districts believe it's something they even want in their district. so what is the con tet wstituen this wall? it's a promise but it's not one that you're going to need republicans and maybe a few democrats to get you over the finish line it's just not going to happen. >> you also don't toss a grenade at the last minute when you're facing a government shutdown. >> but why did they do it is the question. thursday and frida...

Elizabeth warren and progressives on the hill will be furious about this. the president will try to do things on obama care and the wall. those from border districts in texas and arizona. and a hudson valley in new york who at a retreat a few weeks ago said we could not go after planned parenthood. it will create thousands of new donors. it is those types of house republicans in swing districts that will be a problem for the president in all sorts of ways. it will be, those are the type of people who lose. >> you added the swing district, the conservative tee party guy.,

>> yes. my new call sign. >> what do you think about the voters in your district want you to do? do they want you to work with president obama? >> my district is diverse and i think it represents america. yeah, 50% of the people didn't vote for me. what i was hearing through the course of the almost three years campaigning, was people want congress to work for them. their focus areas from southern arizona are the economy and security. those are really the two main issues. democrats, business owners, can agree they want to grow their small business. kids graduating from college want job oppor...