Daca. Giving them renewable visas. Trump said congress has six months to come up with a solution for the undocumented immigrants often called dreamers. Joining me now from the Nations Capital is republican congressman. Gloo good to be with you. Youre one of ten House Republicans who wrote a ler to House Speaker paul ryan urging congress to protect the dreamers. Why do you think it should stay in place. Not only should it stay in place but weve got to provide certainty. We need a longterm plan for our dreame dreamers. Make sure theyre safe and security. 95 of dreamers that have come forward and signed up for daca are either working or in school, and to throw their lives in shambles to create in uncertainty i think it unfair for them, who stepped up, passed background checks and paid money to be part of the system and really show theyre americans. We have an intractable congress right now. What legislative solutions do you think you can advance and get passed . Well i think there have been a number of meese es of legislation that have been moved forward and drafted that are bipartisan. The senate has the bridge act in the house. Weve got the dream act. And my bill the enlist act has the highest number of coauthors bipartisan of any immigration bill in the house. And one of the highest in all of congress. And you enlist that basically says if they sign up for military service they can get citizenship. Which is only one as peskt of the solution. But it is the ultimate patriotic effort to this country. There have been various versions of the dream act over the last 16 years and and nancy pelosi thinks President Trump might sign it. It is a way of offering young immigrants a pass to permanent legal status eventually citizenship. Is that something you would support . Absolutely. Always supported it. And it is actually part of each one of these bills i named. Weve got to push it forward. And do you think it will . Advance and be passed this time around . H its failed numerous times before even with bipartisan support. You know, i believe that especially with the president s announcement that not only is all of congress maying attention to it but its something weve worked hard on for the last four years, its time to move it forward. Put it in law versus doing it as an resort executive order. So weve got to fix it. Id like to see it as a stand alone bill and show the two houses can work together. But if we str to put it on a must pass bill, or Something Else, im happy to do that as well. The main point of this is we have to find a solution and weve got to do it quickly. Given that about one in four dreamers resides in california, do you think this is an issue that the california delegation can and should take the lead on . I do. I certainly believe that our delegation should take the lead on this. But this is a National Issue. And it should be something that every member in every state is focussed on. For me, this is a personal issue. Weve got to get it done. Its a personal issue meaning what . Meaning that i worked with a lot of dreamers in my district, i weve got to solve aspects of the immigration system. It starts here with the dreamers, and theyre the ones that i weve seen this uncertainty. Theyve stepped up and want to be americans. We need to make sure that can happen. Your immigration views things have changed over the years. If tks, in 2008 as a California Space senator you voted against a bill that would have allowed undocumented im grants brought to the u. S. A chance for college scholarships. Your views have steamed to change over the years. What led you to that evolution . Yeah. I wouldnt say its so much of an evolution as a difference between being in the state legislature versus being at the federal level. This is something that has to be solved. It is a federal obligation. While its a big important issue in my district, its a big issue for california, this is a National Issue that all states should be involved in. Just one day after threatening to end daca, President Trump seemed eager to cut a deal. In effect beefed up border security. In the hopes of seatisfying all sides. Is that an idea you would support. It is. If you look at the legislation from last year, the senate, very bipartisan. I was one of the first coauthors of that in the house. That had not only a solution for dreamers but border security. Neither one of these issues should be party san issues. The president has surprised us continually. Sometimes changing his mind on issues, for example even on daca. The he tweeted they have nothing to worry about. What does this mean for other issues on the republican agenda . Do you feel like you can count on his consistent continual support or will he continue to change his mind on thing sns. I think it depends on the house and certainly on all of congress. Weve got to put things on his determine. Actually get these big reform issues to his determinsk and alm to sign or veto. But to have inaction coming out and a discussion back and forth i dont think solves the problem. You have a lot of Agricultural Workers. Its about 45 latino. What are you hearing from your constituen constituen constituents . Certainly theres concern about jobs. Making people in my district have jobs. Thats a big part of the labor pool and immigration crisis. But certainly as youre talking about dreamers, thats a different scenario. These are kids brought here through no fault of their own. Weve never held kids accountable for laws that have been broken by their parents. We have to fix this dreamer issue. Theyre government has asked them to step forward, to pass a background check, to pay a fee, and i think they feel very vulnerable now because they have stepped forward. Ed president gave six months to get it done. We need to get it done in the next several days. Are you krconfident it will t done . I am. I think there is a renewed push from both parties to get this done. There is some pressure here but weve got to move it quickly. And until a longterm fix for daca happens, what would be your advice to daca recipienting right now . I would say be vocal. We make this movement beyond california. It needs to be all 50 states coming together and there are dreamers across the country. There is Immigration Reform thats needed across the country. And i would expect every member to be engaged. But they need to hear from the constituents and be vocal about this. The be vocal about the expediency thats needed. Thank you for joining us in the Nations Capital this morning. Thank you for having me. Now we go to is ak sacrament. The attorney general plans to sue the Trump Administration for ending the program. California has more daca resipt yentss than any other state. Scott shafer has that interview. Attorney general thank you so much for joining us. Thank you, scott. Youre going to be filing a lawsuit probably next week against the Trump Administration for phasing out daca. Can you tell me what is the basis for this lawsuit going to be . Well, every one of us in is this country has grown acu accustomed to talking about our Constitutional Rights whether making sure that the federal statutes that apply to everyone are enforced in the same way. We believe and we believe we have a strong case to make, that those laws, those constitutional protections have not been enforced in an equal way in a due process way, and certainly in violation of the procedures under the federal statutes. Now of course new york and 14 states in h the district of columbia filed a lawsuit earlier this week. Will the legal basis for californias lawsuit be different . Very similar. Theyll be some differences but similar. Weve been working with those 16 attorneys general. Were working with several other ags as well. Were working with some of our partners here in the state. You may have heard that the uc system has just filed a case as well. And weve been working with them i think what youre finding is this is going to be a battle fought on many fronts. We need to make sure were defending the dreamers. Why not join with the other states or uc for that matter . Is there a legal strategy of having so many different lines of attack . Well you want to make sure you have a various lines of attack so that way you can go after the enemy as best possible and come out victorious in battle. In this case, i think what youre finding is that there are many ways that you can address these legal actions taken by the Trump Administration. I believe that what youre going to find is that in the several actions that will be filed, there will be colonels that are very similar in all of them but they all will take a slightly different approach. And remember that in california, we have the most dreamers who are affected by the president s action on daca. In fact we have more dreamers in california that are affected than all 16 of the jurisdictions that filed in new york. What would you say to critics who might say this guy just didnt want to share the spot light weith new york and these other states. This is a way for him to get more attention. I do what i need to do to protect the people of california. I do what i believe is the best way to do protect the people. And im going to do that. I have joined in some lawsuits. I have initiated some lawsuits. I will do whatever i think is necessary. I say that not just as the attorney general. I say that as a son of immigrants. I know this issue well. I worked it for 24 years in congress. And were going to do everything we must to try to make sure that those daca recipients, dreamers who came forward, paying taxes, are creating jobs, that they understand that in california, we believe theyre helping build us and were creating more jobs. We just heard the congressman say he supports daca and would like to see a resolution come from congress. Do you think ultimately that might ultimately be whats best for these recipient sns. Scott, first, yes, i do belief we have to move towards legislation at some point but no, i disagree that dacas on shaky legal ground. What it represents is what president s from ease enhaur on forward have done in the past. That has used their executive discretion to determine how best to enforce laws. Talk to ronald reagan, who did the same thing. In fact with greater numbers than what president obama did with the daca program. It is fully lawful. Its fully american in its values and its been wonderfully successful for so many people and for our states. So, i believe the ultimate solution must come from congress, because the daca program is only temporary. A president cannot create new laws. But the president can determine how to enforce those laws, and thats what the Obama Administration did. The it gave us a road map on how to enforce Immigration Enforcement laws. Just a few seconds left. When do you think youre going to be filing that lawsuit and where . Soon. Early next week well probably be ready. Were trying to make sure what we do is filed the strongest case possible with the best information and evidence possible. We want to make sure that we get this right. And so were going to file when were ready. And we think well be ready by early next week. All right thank you so much for joining us. Thanks, scott. We turn now to a very personal take on daca. 23yearold robert nunez is like many of the beneficiaries in this country who have been able to work and study without fear of deportation. But he now faces the threat of being sent back to a country he barely knows. Nunez was 3 years old when he kpam to the u. S. From mexico with his family. He grew up in Ventura County and graduated in uc berkley last december what has the past few days been like as you abcurbed the announcement . Ry think its been a roller coast erstarting with a lot of anger. Moving on to a lot of grief and just trying to build hope in my community and organize with other fellow undocumented students. So a little bit of everything. Are you currently working . I am. What are you doing. I work at a Political Consulting firm here in san francisco. And does our employer know youre undocumented . Yes. The. And new it from the very start. Yes. Very open about it. The firm does advocate for immigration clients. We do pro bono right off the bat i felt like that was a place i was very safe to show my story. What do you want to do careerwise . Eventually i want to get into immigration law. I want to be an attorney. The and hopefully work in government and politics in h the future. What will happen to those plans if daca doesnt stay in place . Right. Well theres so many scenarios that you kind of have to prepare for. Worst case scenario, probably have to start a new career in a new country. Learn how to do my work in the completely new language. Would that are are you saying that would be mexico or some other country. Mexico. Most likely just have to start over and see what i can do to further my education. Its all very uncertain but doing my best to take all the scenarios into consideration and come up with plans. Can you share with us your story of your family. I was 4 years old. There was situations in mexico that were putting my family at risk. So my dad decided to move us here. We all came in different manners but we all got here eventually. When you say that what do you mean . Did you split up . Yes. We split up. My parents, they did take more dangerous routes to get here and put us in safer hands and then we reunited when we got here. My mom your. Your parents crossed border on your own. We came with family members. Here already. Okay. Have you discussed this as a family, what all of you will do as a family if daca is not renewed, youre deported . I think the extent of the conversations were when donald trump got lengted. Thats what there was a real sense of urgency with me and i got in contact with my parents and brother. My mind automatically went to the worst case scenario. Speaking with my mom and father they really brought me back to a level place, and they what did they tell you . Well my mom definitely. She encouraged me to said the reason we came to this country was for you and education for you to succeed. She said if i get deported to mexico, eventually, im going home. I get to see my mom and siblings. For you this is someone that you dont know. So its definitely she is more concerned about my situation. Just knowing she was at ease with in a has helped me a lot. What do your parents do in. My mom stay at home mom. My dad is a mechanic. Hes hired several people. Le some of them natural born citizens, hes one of those immigrants here in the country creating jobs. What is your biggest fear right now . My biggest fear is always losing my mom. I think its something you never outgrow. Its something we grow up feeling, the fear of ending up in the United States without your parents, without in a support, financial and emotional. I think even still, thats my biggest fear. When i take into consideration being thrown out. Theres going to be a way to overcome, but its a lot more difficult trying to face that knowing your parents are. Are you hopeful right now President Trump reached across the aisle today, got a bipartisan deal regarding the debt ceiling . Do you think that might extend to daca . Im not sure if the bipartisan will extend but i do know that gives us as dreamers a chance to organize in our communities and reach out to eelectriced officials and put pressure on them. I think this were looking for these types of opportunities to make our voices heard and insert ourselves in conversations so we can get democrats and republicans to put daca into some kind of more permanent. Okay. Solution. All right. Robert nunez, thank you for coming in and sharing your story. Of course. Thank you for having me. The name zeezer chavez is synonymous with farm Worker Rights but delores is less known. The new documentary del lore res aims to change that. Heres a clip from the films trailer. Civil rights hero. Shes a first general i followed in the war. Shes not afraid to speak truth to power. Del lore res is an old friend of mine. The fbi knew how dangerous she was. They came up with the slowlien. Can. Scott shafer sat down with her and film director peter brat. Producer and director of peter brat and the subject of that film. The dolores you got involved as a young woman. Tell us why you decided to make hard decisions and get involved. Because i found out as an organizer that it you can get people to under stand their own power and if they organize and act collectively and take direct action that they can make the changes they need to make in the communities and join in the Political Part of our nation. Lets watch a short clip from the film and tum back. My mother was raised catholic very interest dags nal prior to going to new york city. She really didnt speak of femini feminism. It was when the feminist move. Was being born but my mind was getting all of those woman at the conventions to support the farm workers. There was a time when rarely could you discover women of color who would identify as feminists because it was assumed to be a question simply of gender. And if it was a question simply of gender, that gender was white. One of the questions of course is why is it that everyone knows caesar chavezs name and you ares not so much. It was funny because i spent about nine months to a year researching her and the fw and some of the seminal books which are like three inches chicthick. Virtually no mention of her as a cofounder. That started to become a very intriguing aspect. That eventually became part of the story line. Do you feel it was why did it happen . Why were those paragraphs so short . I think its complex. It has to do with her being a female and woman of color. I think dolores what edges three colors of the society which are pea free yarky, White Supremacy and capitalism and that makes it very dangerous. Dolores, you are the mother of 11 children and had to make some tough choices which are discussed in the film. In terms of how you balance being a mom and being an activist, describe what some of those tough choices with were with regard kour children. I think those challenges people have to face how can we get involved in civic live. We need people to be engaged at the local level, state level and national level. And so how do we balance that. You have to keep asking for help. We did have day care for our children so the kids were never alone. And otherwise, also, they were in the marches with us, strikes with us, so the kids really kind of grew up feeling the power of people working together for justice. I think that was a great gift my children had. I know they had to suffer my absences but in addition, they had extraordinary experiences. 1975, governor jerry brown, first time he was governor signed the Agricultural Workers labor relation is act. In some ways that was a High Water Mark for the farmer ees union. The what happened . I mean the agricultural relations law is the strongest labor law in the country. We, by the way, only we and hawaii are the only two states that have that and Unemployment Insurance for farm workers. Im not going to speak for them because i dont work for them anymore but they have a struggle because the employers are always willing to put in thousands of dollars into attorneys and court cases to try to keep from signing the contract. President trump made a decision this week to rescind daca, the deferred action for childhood arrivals, the young immigrants who were brought here illegally by their parents when they were kids. Whats your reaction to that decision . Well thats an addition to pardoning arpaio, accusing the judge who happened to be Mexican American of some kind of favoritism. I think its another indication he has this rancor against latinos and especially people of color. I am concerned because the fact that hes shooting that over to the congress i am worried they might try to make a devils bargain. The daca students can stay here but then were going to build a wall or Something Else very oppressive. Peter, what would you add in h terms of that decision what it says about where we are today in this country with regard to immigration and politics . Our community the Sleeping Giant for the long time. To some degree theyre right. We were asleep. I think what daca now and dolores mentioned the building of the law, the pardoning of arpaio, this goes on and on. We need to register voters and exercise our political will. So joe arpaio at the end of this month is going to be the featured speaker in fresno for a Republican Party fundraiser. What are your thoughts about bringing him into here to be an attack shn for donors . We have a line which is about my work with the Farm Workers Union and we say that republicans hate latinos and it seems like they continue to, you know, bent against us, and use people like joe arpaio as a model for their party which i think is a bad model for the Republican Party. We want to remind them when they had in 87. Took away our affirmative action with 209, and in california, we have a blue state, and all of those that legislation they passed is responsible for that. And i think the same thing will happen. I think in todays political climate, a lot of people feel very discouraged and down and feel like theyre participation in h political process is ineffectual. So i hope people see this film and see by doloress example and work that youre never out of the game but we need to get civically engaged and go down to the voting booth and vote. All right. The film is called dolores, it premiers this weekend. Peter brad, director and producer. The thank you for coming in. Thanks for having us. And if you dont get a chance to see doll lore es this weekend the documentary is coming to pbs in 2018. That will do it for us. You can find more of our coverage at kqed. Org slash news room. Im thuy vu. Thank you for joining us. Robert no regrets. President trump cuts a surprise deal with democrats and aisle ae gop revolt . Tonight on washington week. Pres. Trump i had a great meeting with leaders in congress and i am committed to working with both parties to deliver for our wonderful, wonderful citizens. Robert President Trump undercuts republicans, striking a deal with democrats and wraps hurricane aid to a fiscal package. His feeling was that we needed to come together and not cr