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Jeff sessions announcing that daca will end in six months, congress has six months in which to come up with some sort of alternative. the argument here is that it was done illegally as a memo by president obama when it is in the purview of congress to offer legislati legislation. can i show you a little bit about daca -- >> during the six month period they need to figure out what too do with existing participants. >> there a800,000 of them. this was created by president obama on june 5th, 2012 when congress was not able to come up with a viable plan for these people who had come to america as ...

The truth here is that the 800,000 daca recipients are very much at risk now. they have actually already been at risk during the past several months of the trump administration and he has deported people who have received daca participation. these are dreamers. one important point i want to point out on the legality issue, that past presidents, eisenhower, president reagan, bush senior, all used the same kind of authority deferred action, for this president and attorney general sessions now to say this is an unconstitutional act, that is preempting congress, that is just not accurate as a matt...

The social security act wearies have told us in fact the opposite is the case, same with cbo's budgetary analysis, daca recipients seem to contribute more in revenues than they cost in spending. these are folks who disproportionately spend taxes and start businesses and this is a really a kicking in the own goal when it comes to helping the economy. >> let me ask you something, on the left you're seeing dnc chair tom perez outside of the white house leading a protest. work through this with me, this is some of the criticism that the administration has had. number one, that this wasn't presiden...

Football with the lives of these young people. >> we do that. we play political football but with hurricane rescue, it would be nice if every bill were just a clean bill. >> political football politics. >> that's what it is. >> one thing about the politics, i think what it's going to take for congress to -- i think what it's going to take for congress to fulfill greg's optimistic protection there, i hope he's right, legislative functionality and courage and i have to say, those are two characteristics i haven't associated with this congress for a while. >> we'll see. we'll try to be optimists....

Grantd agenda, that is the same of those of the white pr supremacists of those marching in charlottesville. >> we've had a lot of conversations with a lot of people who claim to be representing the administration's perspective here and they are talking about get rid of these people and you even heard it in jeff sessions comments, it's hurting american jobs. one of the interesting things that has come out of this announcement is that they are talking about a six-month delay asking congress to do something. and the suggestion is that the administration priorities in which they said they are gett...