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The biggest names in silicon valley are fighting for this. what is the alternative for the other side? what can they do because if the president wants to do this and he does seem to want to -- >> to want to end it. >> -- to want to end it, and he does want to appeal to his base, whatever dwindling part of his base there is? >> right. >> what does your side do? >> it's a very, very heavy lift. even among members of congress. there is some bipartisan support for a new version of the dream act. maybe the bridge act or the american hope act. there is some bipartisan support. when you consider all ...

Real world impact of bhaets going on right now? >> it's not totally clear yet. the president is set to announce tomorrow that he is rolling back the program, but giving six months to act. it's a view of the administration that the executive -- it's not the role of the executive branch to write immigration law, which is what president obama did in june of 2012 when he rolled out this executive action, so they're passing the buck to congress and giving them six months to write a law that protects these 800,000 young undocumented immigrants. i think what's unclear right now is what happens if con...

>> it plays a hunl role, of course. it's going to be hard for republicans to make a strong case to their constituents in 2018 that they ought to be re-elected to the house if they don't have anything to show for the two years that they've been in the majority. >> not just any accomplishments, but you look at the polls. as you know, joe, people overwhelmingly support the dreamers. people don't want to see kids who are in college right now, you know, kicked out of the country. we don't see that. is this just another example of the president who is playing to being pushed to play to by whether it...

Probably going to land somewhere between the bridge, which mike coffman is pushing on a bipartisan basis, and then one by carlos cabella called the rack act, which is responding to america's children. what these do is push the bill a little bit further, the daca act, if you will, and then gives time for these kids to either get in line for a permanent residency or possibly for citizenship down the road. and when paul ryan comes out against it, yet he comes out against letting it lapse yet he's the speaker of the house who can control the lejs laifgi calendar, i think what president trump has t...

Country illegally or not could stay. they are called dreamers. daca act if you will. president trump is not touching that for now at least. they say they're prioritizing criminals and others. they're not -- even looking at dreamers. but it's clear that this is a -- for now. it's unclear what will be happening in months and years to come. for now, the dreamers are off the table and immigration hardliners will raise questions against administration on this. they believe they're break the law too regardless of their age. >> and you asked sean spicer about how much authority lieutenant general h.r...