while getting the covid vaccine dramatically reduces your chances of getting seriously ill or dying from code, it does not mean that you cannot actually still contract covid. wow. i should know we are going to vaughn hillyard, our colleague in austin, texas. we will get to him in minutes to elaborate on the development. let me ask you about the president and what we re hearing about his reaction to the ruling and what it means to the current daca participants. reporter: immigrant advocates wasting no time in demanding the white house act immediately after this shock ruling on the daca program. now, here is what it will not do, and this is important. it will not affect those who currently have daca status or are in the process of renewing it. that s because the judge, he put a hold on that as this plays out in the courts. but it will prevent any new applicants for relief from the daca program from being able to apply for the time being. but president biden vowing to fight back, issu
including today vowed to fortify, that s after former president trump unsuccessfully tried to get rid of it. now this is the next step. and both harris and vice president harris and president biden are calling on congress to make it permanent, to find a way to provide a pathway to citizenship for these young individuals. and so one interesting thing, though, fred, is that in his statement and in a subsequent statement released by the vice president, they both looked to the word reconciliation to kind of supplant that pathway. and we know, cnn has reported that democrats who are putting together that reconciliation package which allows those who are, you know, allows legislation to pass along party lines really bypassing the 60-vote threshold in congress are putting together a package of president biden s top priorities. and it includes about $120 billion set aside for a pathway to citizenship.
the children on the rafts. a federal judge blocked new applications to daca, a program that prevents deportation of many migrants brought into the u.s. illegally when they were children. it does not affect migrants already enrolled in the program and griff, as you can imagine, it s likely the judge s ruling is likely to face legal challenges from immigrants rights advocates. griff: jonathan serrie on the border for us at la joya, texas. stay safe. thank you, griff. griff: and coming up in the next hour, we ll be joined by national border patrol council president and we ll dive deeper into the numbers. many of us are seeing price hikes as we head out for summer travel and treasury secretary janet yellen said it might not be over for a while. take a listen. well, i think we will have several more months of rapid inflation, so i m not saying that this is a one-month
hearing, now set for july 27th, will not include any former members of the administration, no members of congress to testify, but instead will focus on the rank and file capitol police officer as well as support staff, custodial staff, others here at the capitol on that deadly day, alex. amanda golden at the capitol, thank you so much. president biden certainly firing back at a texas federal judge who ruled the daca program was created illegally. nbc s josh letterman standing by for us at the white house. josh, before i get to daca i m told you have breaking news. what is that about? reporter: that s right. alex, you know the texas democrats who fled the state and are now in washington amid this fight over voting rights? we are now told that three of them have tested positive for covid-19. the first one tested positive last night and then after that the rest of the democrats were given tests. this morning two more of them testing positive according to texas democrats. all of them
got, andrew does the governor speak out? this is a pr affair of it. he into he understands to win the optics battle, but i feel a feeling that he s going to end up losing it because he has no idea what the investigators have on him right now. griff: we shall be following it closely and you say inning eight or nine. we shall find out soon enough. thank you for taking the time, sir. thank you. griff: jacqui. jacqui: president biden saying the department of justice will appeal a federal judge s ruling to stop all daca applications. mark meredith has the latest on the legal battle. the daca has been controversial since its inception in 2012. a texas judge says it s illegal and can no longer accept new applications from dreamers. the program allows some undocumented immigrants to be protected from deportation. texas was among the states