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Marched in chattanooga. last week a letter writing campaign in johnson city. concerned citizens have been keeping the pressure on. as we head into the labor day weekend with daca's future uncertain, remember what we saw today in tennessee. pressure works. joining us now is advocacy director at the united we dream network. miss martinez, thank you for joining us tonight. talk a bit about the pressure that's been put on in tennessee. do you think that the same kind of pressure can potentially work not only on these other governors and attorneys general but maybe even on donald trump? >> yeah, si...

Attorneys generals come out. 20 attorney generals say they stand with daca. so i think that immigrant young people, united we dream, we're ready to fight back because we know this is the right thing to do. >> have you been surprised by any of the support you've seen come out in favor of keeping daca in place? >> not at all surprised. i know this is where the country is. there is a vicious attack on daca that is brought about by the white supremacy agenda. there's a march right now from charlottesville to d.c. demanding that daca stay in place. and i'm excited to join them and i know that you a...

And doing immigration reform in a way that could actually protect these daca recipients legally through legislation? >> well both myself and the congressman from nevada, two formerly undocumented members of congress, sent a letter to the president and paul ryan asking him not to join the rescinding effort of the daca benefits for these 800,000 young people that are here in america. but i think we need a comprehensive immigration reform discussion. the congress in chicago led the american hope act which i think brings some solution to the daca issue. and then of course we have the bridge act wh...

Republican states attorney general plus one governor, one of them switched teams. herbert slattery iii. this afternoon attorney general slattery had a sudden change of heart and he's now bailing on his republican comrades and their threat to sue over daca. writing, quote, there is a human element to this that is not lost on me and should not be ignored. he went to say, quote, many of the daca recipients whose records i reviewed have outstanding accomplishments and laudable ambitions which achieved will be of great benefit and service to our country. huh. kind of makes you wonder what got him t...

Agenda or young people of color? if you're with young people of color, our families, and freedom fighters, you need to stand on. the right side of history. >> all right. advocacy director for united we dream network and daca recipient, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> joining us now is a representative of new york. he's the first dominican american and first undocumented immigrant to be elected to congress. thank you for being here. >> good to see you again. >> sort of the same question to you. you've seen an incredible outpouring of support for the daca, the dreamers. whether it's member...