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told bloomberg news has already resulted in a significant drop in illegal border crossings. those moves that president biden made at the border. the details on that in a moment, but first, the details on the new action from today. an immigration advocate calls it quote, the biggest thing since daca and that it is a smart political move by president biden. joining us now to talk all about it, get all the details, kelly o'donnell. nbc news homeland security correspondent, julia ainslie, david noriega and joyce vance, because there will be a legal component to this. to julia, walk us th...

What is DACA? The Obama era program has allowed hundreds of thousands of people who came to the United States as children to avoid deportation.

States it allows us to access a driver's license and drive freely without the fear of deportation. and it has been tremendous. it has been so successful, as you mentioned, over 800,000 people have qualified for the program since it was created and we estimate that about -- the average daca recipient came when there were 6 years old and has been here for 24 years. since based off taking applications, roughly 400,000 people, like myself, are eligible for daca but have been blocked from accessing it and getting all those really amazing benefits that have really transformed my life and the lives o...

Nine out of ten people who claim asylum never get relief from the u.s. courts and don't qualify. they can call them asylum seekers but fraudulent claims of asylum. they will lose their case and a federal judge will say you must leave the country. you can't remove millions of people. how will you do that? people need to understand these millions of people coming across right now are here to stay. even the most proactive ice doesn't have the resources to go arrest millions of people. people -- they are going to lose their case, not going to leave and they will hideout waiting for amnesty because...

Trying our best to do so in a lawful and humane manner. that has to be a starting point for this debate. then you can have the debate about comprehensive immigration reform and all of the things that need to be done in between at the very least having to protect the d.a.c.a. recipients. there are people at yale law school, georgetown yale school who are diamon.a.c.a. recipient. someone who works at my law firm who is a d.a.c.a. recipient. when they ask mr. johnson what is my future i can't tell them as long as it is in a state of limbo and simply executive action. up next elon musk speaks up...