hiscnn s aryan de vogue. there were big losses for the trump administration in courts on friday. the first, a powerful appeals court in d.c. ruled that president trump s accounting firm had to turn over eight years of financial records to a house committee. that s a big defeat for the president who s been fighting on several fronts to keep his financial records out of the public eye. now the ball s in the court of the president. he can appeal that decision to a larger panel of judges on the appeals court or go directly to the supreme court. and on issues related to immigration, three horses blocked the trump administration s so-called charge rule. it was set to go into effect next week. immigrants who might rely on public assistance like food stamps would have a harder time establishing circumstances like a green card, blocking the rule
why is this specific to or unique to this department? it seems to be because homeland security includes border and immigration officials that are essential to the president s promises in 2016 and what s going to be part of his argument for re-election. so it ends up being deeply politicized to impeachment who remember why and how this agency was created. this wasn t around earlier. this was created because people need to be talking to one another. the president has kind of latched onto it. he doesn t seem to have found the right voice, the right people, the right level of control. the reporting seems to indicate he s using it mostly for border protection issueses, but, you
declaration for the border is unlawful and the judges in washington state and california. what is your reaction and how far is this going go? i don t know if they keep records for this kind of thing. if you include the tax decision and border wall funding and immigration decisions is really remarkable. look. the key legal phrase here is arbitrary and capricious which is the legal way of saying they have no basis, they re common sense and rational public policy. let s remember, he made immigration one of the keystones of his political campaign and he s overstepped time and again, whether it s with the border wall or with these lack of protections for green cardholders for legal permanent residents. i think the courts are doing their part in the system of checks and balances and telling the president, you re going too far. the appeals court recognized