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The introduction of the raise act which would produce enormous benefits to our country. this is how our democratic process works. there are many pow irful interest groups in the country and every one has a constitutional right to advocate their views and represent whomever they choose. but the department of justice does not represent any narrow interest or any subset of the american people. we represent all of the american people and protect the integrity of our constitution. that is our charge. we at the department of justice are proud and honored to work to advance this vision for america an...

Have many states attorney general defend the health safety and welfare of the individuals within our border. >> as concerning as this is for you, as devastating as it is for participants in the daca dreamers program, do you really think it's going to come to fruition? the president is actually doing is punting this to congress saying work it out. we know the homework list from the president is massive at this point. whether it's tax reform the debt ceiling, funding harvey relief and now health care and now he's putting the dreamers program on their plate. is this something you actually think s...

Light of litigation that we reviewed the obama administration's daca policy. our collective wisdom is that the policy is vulnerable to the same legal and constitutional challenges that the courts recognize with respect to the dapa program, enjoyed on a nationwide basis in a decision that was affirmed by the fifth circuit corporate of appeals. this fifth circuit specifically concluded that daca had not been implemented in a fashion that allowed sufficient discretion and that dapa was for closed by congress's careful plan, close quote. in other words, the immigration law that congress passed for...

Sessions make a deeply political appeal being sanitized in legal arguments. i don't buy it for one second. the daca program has been in existence for five years. it's been a very successful program. and it's entrepreneurs and university graduates, folks who are really contributing to the economy have come out and are part of this program. and what jeff sessions is doing is hiding behind legal arguments. this program has withstood all prior legal challenges to date. to suddenly introduce this sanitized legal picture, there's a real reason why the trump administration put jeff sessions up with t...

Have an argument to make here? >> look, they are preempting a decision, the justice department before defended the daca program and absolutely could have here. this is a question of prosecutorial discretion, even defending the muslim ban, executive authority over immigration policies. and so they absolutely could have and should have defended the daca program. and they are being bullied by states attorney general. this was entirely a creation of the trump administration, this crisis. they did not have to be -- put themselves into the situation and now congress needs to act. they should not wai...