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Zaire and british guyana. i have no paperwork that tells me how they did that. i have no idea what their process was. all i know is i'm american, they came here, and we never questioned it. so i find it weird that people -- you know what i mean, that's how i define american. i'm here, i was born here. my mother came at some point was naturalized somehow. >> for me what's been stunning about a moment like this, you know, three journalists of color, which is a rarity that you see on cable news, by the way. >> two not born in this country. >> so i just have to say that so much of the political me...

Help. >> and, you know, gin, we know that according to migration policy institute, you know, undocumented asian americans are actually the fastest growing group of the undocumented population a growth rate of 202%, asian americans are the fastest growing immigrant group overall. but some of these communities are also insulated, right? not necessarily mainstreamed anyway. does that add an additional layer of fear for undocumented asians? >> yeah, so i think that's one of those things i think about a lot. in the asian american community among the recipients of deferred action is asian american c...

Let's have a more secure path to citizenship. why even have them have to worry about every two years? even change every three that's not enough. why not have a more concrete direct way of saying -- >> i'm still not sure -- >> does chris support daca or not? >> i think he supports -- i think that would be a good note, we're going to put you down supporting comprehensive immigration reform. that's good news. we want to end on a good note. thank you very much. up next, you will meet some american dreamers. stay with us. what did we do before phones?

Defend. >> thank you. >> do you think it's ironic that donald trump had promised that he was going to do a press conference to discuss the process through which his own wife immigrated to this country? that for a while also was questioned. do you find ironic that being married to an immigrant and somebody for whom there had been questions about her immigration status when she first started working in the country, whether she was working legally in the country, do you find that ironic at all? >> look, i think the president is doing the best he can with the situations allowed. of course his wife...

America is the only country they know. this tuesday donald trump is expected to announce whether he'll end the obama-era program allowing these dreamers to remain in the u.s. a program known as deferred action for childhood arrivals, or daca for short. well, candidate trump referred to daca as illegal amnesty on the campaign trail. once in the white house he promised to handle the issue with, quote, heart. well, now his hand is being forced by first ten and now nine republican attorneys general and one republican governor who are threatening to sue the administration if no action is taken to e...