Greta the 51st attorney general of texas joins us today, republican ken paxton. Thank you, sir, for being here. Atty. Gen. Paxton thank you for having me on. Greta i appreciate it. We also have with us kevin diaz, who is with the houston chronicle, the washington correspondent for them, and josh gerstein, who is senior White House Reporter for politico. Josh, you have the first question, go ahead. Josh welcome, mr. Attorney general. I wanted to start by asking you i think one of the programs or controversies you have been associated with most recently, which is the daca program for dreamers, litigation threatened by your Office Appears to have spurred the Trump Administration into winding that program down. At a hearing just a few weeks ago in new york, a federal judge seemed very perturbed by the way the wind down was carried out. He called it, unacceptable to me as a human being and as an american, and he also called the winding down of that program heartless. How do you react when y
The wind down was carried out. He called it, unacceptable to me as a human being and as an american, and he also called the winding down of that program heartless. How do you react when you hear those kinds of comments about a policy change that many people view that you set in motion . Atty. Gen. Paxton daca is very similar to dapa. We had a lawsuit filed by our previous attorney general, who is now governor, governor abbott. As i was walking into office, we took that case from the District Court to the fifth circuit, and we won at both places. Then ultimately took it to the u. S. Supreme court and got an injunction to stop it. Ultimately, that was rescinded. It was rescinded largely because it was unconstitutional. Daca was no different. Whether you like these policies or not, ultimately it is up to congress to make these decisions, not the white house , not some agency. This was founded on constitutional principle. Whether you like policies or hate policies, ultimately, it is up to
Republican ken paxton, thank you, sir, for being here. Appreciate t we also have with us, kevin diaz, with the houston chronicle, the washington correspondent for them. And josh who is senior White House Reporter for politico. Josh, today. Republican ken paxton, thank you, sir, for being here. Appreciate t we also have first go ahead. Welcome, mr. Attorney general. Wanted to start by asking you about i think one of the programs or controversies you have been associated with most recently which is the daca program for dreamers. Litigation threatened by your Office Appears to have spurred the Trump Administration into winding that program down. At a hearing just a few weeks ago in new york, a federal judge seemed very perturbed by the way the wind down was carried out. He called it, unacceptable to me as a human being and as an american, and he also called the winding down of that program heartless. How do you react when you hear those kinds of comments about a policy change that many pe
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Professor wallace recording the cooperation or the International Cooperation in fighting even an epidemic like ebola and terrorism still very low. And i believe actually the cooperation in fighting terrorism is much lower than cooperation fighting the epidemic disease and so on. What isis is really doing in iraq and syria is not only contradict with the islam but also contradict with human values which all actually believe in and so on. The Egyptian Government, for example, have been calling for International Support to fight terrorism in the region. Every single western country were reluctant in cooperating with this regard until a few months ago when the foreign fighter problem emerged and just like, to give you an idea, what really will happen if the changes in egypt didnt take place lately, Washington Times i think a few days ago, a few weeks ago, published the statistics about the foreign fighters in middle east and iraq and syria and they mentioned a little thing, very interestin