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Something about nearly 40% of the residents of new york city are, indeed, foreign born. so, the message about immigrants resonates strongly here. ari? >> nbc's rehema ellis am new york city. we'll be checking back with you. thank you. one of the groups at the forefront of this fight has been the aclu, filing that petition on behalf of detainees. joining us now is the busy man in this firestorm, anthony romero. thanks for taking time for us. >> not everyone follows this every minute of the day. >> no. >> you went to brooklyn federal court. >> right there in the courthouse. >> what happened? >> ...

None of them alleged to have been in any form of terrorist activity. they have to go through rigorous screening already. it is one of those sounds good but as a practical matter is not making a difference to the terrorism issue which is overwhelmingly a domestic terrorism united states problem. 9/11 was carried out by 19 foreign born arab terrorists. we conceive of it as a problem that comes from outside when in fact it is a problem that is internal to the united states. >> the chilling observation i remember from reading your book is that they're leading those that are here and causing terror...

New american pathways. >> we are proactively going to refugee camps. working with the united nations, setting up resettlement centers and going through a careful thought out process. >> reporter: americans who fear terrorist refugees coming to the u.s. have legitimate concerns and the strict 18 to 24 month vetting process for refugees heading to the u.s. should temper any worries. we've been receiving refugees for 35 years. ted is the mayor of clarkston, georgia. 13,000, half of the town's residents are foreign born. many of them are refugees who hn of t of the community. not a burden but an i...

Lived in a refugee camp in turkey and resettled just outside of atlanta, georgia. with the georgia nonprofit new american pathways. >> we're going to refugee camps, working with the united nations. setting up resettlement centers and going through a careful thought-out process. >> mixon says american who is fear terrorist refugees coming to the u.s. have legitimate concerns. but she says the strict 18 to 24-month vetting process for refugees heading to the u.s. should temper any worries. >> we've been receiving refugees for the past 35 years. >> population 13,000, half of the town's residents ...

>> there's no ed that would indicate otherwise. >> violence against women act. senator leahy asked some of those questions. you and i discussed it. really important to me. i just have one question there. if confirmed will you continue to support the life saving work being done by the office on violence against women? >> yes. >> thank you. immigration, you and i have some different views on this. i often focus on the economic benefits of immigration. the fact that we have 70 of our fortune 500 companies headed by immigrants at one point 200 of our fortune 500 companies were either formed by imm...