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Or great grandparents, they will see that other groups needed asylum. if we eliminate it for central americans, it's eliminated for everyone. >> i know you were back in court on the family separation issue on friday. were you and your colleagues attesting to the fact that the trump administration is still taking kids away from their parents now. >> uh-huh. >> obviously there is national concern about this and this is an open moral wound in the country. i think that there is a lot of ambiguity or people don't have a clear sense of whether or not the policy exists. >> you are absolutely right an...

Of the aclu immigrants right projects. you can explain in basic terms, what it is they are trying to do and how to stop it. >> you nailed it. they are cancelling asylum and it would end asylum at the southern border. if you have come through any other country, any other country, you can't apply for asylum. only mexicans will be allowed to apply and i'm sure he will do something to stop mexicans for applying. we will go to court and stop it. what everyone should be clear about, this is not just a fight between immigrants or the courts of the administration. this is a fight between congress and ...

>> is this the thing where conservatives and activists on the right have been trying to exploit wiggle room or this is a desire to shut down asylum or is this novel? >> there have been people who tried to tweak asylum, but not in this way. this would end asylum. people need to understand it's so incompatible with the values. after world war ii, the nations of the world said never again are we not going to provide protection for those fleeing persecution. they want to enact laws to comply. right now it's central american who is are desperate for a safe haven, but other groups in the past. it's ...

And how to stop it. >> you nailed it. they are cancelling asylum and it would end asylum at the southern border. if you have come through any other country, any other country, you can't apply for asylum. only mexicans will be allowed to apply and i'm sure he will do something to stop mexicans for applying. we will go to court and stop it. what everyone should be clear about, this is not just a fight between immigrants or the courts of the administration. this is a fight between congress and the administration. congress made it absolutely clear that it doesn't matter thaw came through another c...

Standing ovation for making that day one promise, although we don't have a shot of it. the president of course is running for reelection on his hard line immigration policies, the same policies that are creating the conditions senator warren is responding to. immigrants being held indefinitely with noerp to nowhere to sleep or bathe and being taken away from their parents and a 15-year-old girl was sexually assaulted and reported it and the administration did nothing until we inquired about it. they are essentially cancelling asylum law in this country. blocking people from requesting asylum i...