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When the president answered that very, very intense question, i've got to ask, do you think he made some news there when he said, i think your mother should know she's safe, that she is the sort of person that we are de-emphasizing in terms of enforcement priority, even though this judge blocked this program that would allow her to apply for legal status, we are still not going to be deporting somebody in her shoes. was that news to you? >> it certainly was. and then the follow-up, which was, well, where are the consequences and what are the consequences if people don't agree to do what you ha...

Comprehensive immigration reform generally would allow us to reallocate resources precisely because all the budget of dhs instead of us chasing after families that may have been living here for a or 10 years and have kids who are u.s. citizens and are law abiding say for the fact that they didn't come here legally. if they have to earn citizenship, paying taxes, learning english, you know, paying a fine, going to the back of the line, but they are no longer a enforcement priority, that suddenly free's up a huge amount of resources to do exactly the kinds of things that made republicans calling...

That imcomprehensive immigration reform generally would allow us to reallocate resources because of dhs, instead of us chasing after families that may have been living here for five or ten years and have kids who are u.s. citizens and are law-abiding, say for the fact they didn't come here legally, if they have to earn citizenship, paying taxes, learning english, paying a fine, going to the back of the line, but they are no longer an enforcement priority, that frees up resources to d to do the kin things that we try to do within the resource limitations that we have. all right, thank you, ever...

New policy. we want to change it at the federal level. in the meantime, essentially establishing lowest enforcement priority for states that have legal sale of medical marijuana and hopefully the next states that have legal sale of regulated marijuana is the best that the obama administration can do in the meantime. of course, they need to focus the limited drug enforcement resources after the real hazard here and i think asa and i agree, meth houses, heroin addiction, these are real problems and the law enforcement role is very real. let's not focus on recreational use in legalizing marijuana...

Steve? >> reporter: well, quite a few. one will come from the obama administration itself which claims the federal government alone is responsible for immigration policy. the president addressed the issue, but not the alabama law yesterday: >> our enforcement priority is not to chase down young people who are going to school and who are following all the other laws and are trying to make a contribution to society. >> reporter: and another appeal is expected from civil rights advocates. one of them said in a statement today, it's a dark bay for alabama -- day for alabama, this not only places a...