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Ban as it makes its way through the courts and probably the supreme court. these are fascinating arguments today. what you heard from the lawyer from hawaii that you just played is he says basically, look, lady ju justice may be blind but she ain't deaf. we've heard donald trump talking smack to muslims around the world. >> reading about himself in the third person. i mean, i remember that, remember watching it with my jaw on the floor. >> on the flip side, the trump justice department rolled out the big guns, acting solicitor general you normally would only see in supreme court litigation and...

>> let me segue to that because i think that's a profound and interesting point. we have seen the succession of executive orders from the president of the united states. that is part of the kind of executive prerogative and some of them seem squarely within the article ii powers of the executive, some of them seem outside of that. you were critical of the immigration executive order. are you concerned that we are seeing the executive in the early days of the trump administration reach out past what its constitutional power is? >> it's a great and fair question but i want to answer it in the br...

I think that's a profound and interesting point. we have seen the succession of executive orders from the president of the united states. that is part of the kind of executive prerogative and some of them seem squarely within the article ii powers of the executive, some of them seem outside of that. you were critical of the immigration executive order. are you concerned that we are seeing the executive in the early days of the trump administration reach out past what its constitutional power is? >> it's a great and fair question but i want to answer it in the broader scope so i don't want to s...

Deportation which is an executive prerogative here in mexico whereby the executive branch can deport any foreigner without cause and without a trial when ever they deem fit. they are yuzusing that in lieu an extra traditidition would re them to have cause and other requisites that may not be present in this case. >> so if it is deportation, and tell me where i am wrong in what i am about to say. as i understand it, the u.s. citizen can cross over the mexican border and be in a zone close and proximate to the border and stay there 72 hours without any infringing on the visa issues. but if they ...

Dreamers, no worksite enforcement, sanctuary cities. all those things add up. if you look at the numbers released by the administration. this is a four-year snapshot. if you look at the total deportations, you'll see that those declined from 400,000 to almost 200,000. now i want to look at those two sub groups there. the president also claimed to be tough on criminal aliens but the red bar, criminal alien deportations are down four years in a row. the green bay. down 31%. so why is it happening? the numbers are down because fewer are trying to cross the border, but others blame the president f...