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National debt ceiling. this is about politics. >> and if this does go through and the daca program is ended on tuesday, what will that likely mean for the nearly 800,000 people or so who are affected? >> well, i think it will probably get challenged in the courts. it will probably happen right away. it goes to the idea of america. it will be harmful to these people. there's no question. but the other question is, will it be harmful to the image of the united states abroad, as the country of refuge, that welcomes immigrants, that if you work hard and -- >> all right. we are having problems,

They also must have no felony convictions. >> a study estimates there are nearly 800,000 participants in daca. losing them could cost employers $2 billion. the u.s. gdp might take a hit of $280 billion over the course of ten years. steven e rchltdlinger joins us from london. if the elimination of daca is going to cost employers $2 billion and if gdp could lose $280 billion, why get rid of it? what is driving this? >> well -- the administration to show it is tough on migrants. trump still talks about building the wall. they're building prototypes of the wall. its not clear who's going to pay fo...