permanency of what the law will represent as part of the solution. i suppose that s one way to read it. another way is that he muddied the water and he let congress off the hook saying if you don t get this done in six months, i will re-visit it. not if you don t get this done in six months, daca is over, end of story. as a member, how i read that and i think a lot of other members will look at that and say, what the president is saying is you have six months. let s get this fixed for american people and for these individuals, protect our borders, protect our security. at the saum time time, have a h and do the right thing. that s how i interpreted it. i think that is important when members look at what the president is doing. i think many share that interpretation of the rhetoric that came out yesterday. congressman, tom reed, you have a lot of work to do. thanks for being with us. we will get it done. hurricane irma with winds of 185 miles per hour pushing through the carib
i think that there is a humane and practical way where folks can go about this without having to tie it to this border wall that everyone thinks is ridiculous, mind you, including some house republicans. this is the president attempting to strong arm some people on the hill. we have to remember we re talking about young people who are currently serving our country, some people who are teachers. young folks who by no fault of their own came to this country and this is the only country they know. they are americans in every way, shape and form except on paper. we need to do something quickly to make sure that we re protecting them. matt, there s a new wall street journal/nbc poll out. when you look at the numbers, there s something interesting. more than three-quarters of democrats but less than one-third of republicans say they feel comfortable with the societal changes right now that have made the united states more diverse. what kind of predicament does that put republicans in that
senator schumer is running up the score. it s really impossible to be against them. they are exactly if you believe in assimilation, if you want people who would join the military, are going to help america, this is who you want in the country . it s hard to be against them. where does it end? what about somebody who what about a young immigrant brought here tomorrow? at what point do we say that person should be allowed to stay? it s described by some republicans and democrats like you just heard chuck schumer the way you describe it, which is hard to argue with. it s described by steve king differently as amnesty and where does it end. when you look at this, scott, and you look at some of the polling the most recent polling that we could find purely on daca is october last year with cbs. the way it s described is that
six months, he will re-visited the issue. your state is one of the states that was filing this lawsuit against the administration on this one. if this goes one day past six months and daca does not end, will you refile that lawsuit? it depends on what the president meant. i don t read it that he would then put daca back in place or continue daca. as of yesterday, there are no new applications for people to gain daca deferred action. there s about 890,000, 886,000 people who have it. the eligible population is 1.7 million. it would be hard on that date in march to reopen the program, especially since it s illegal. i doubt that s what he was suggesting. what was he suggesting? do you have any idea? the way i heard that is, if congress hasn t passed a bill,
these kids, about these young people. at the same time, we care about the safety of our fellow american citizens as democrats and republicans. we could put a deal together that works for everybody in regards to fixing the problem long-term and also addressing the hearts and minds and opportunity that these young people and kids represent for the future of america. the president last night after putting the six month deadline in he put out a statement where he says if congress doesn t get something done i know you are confident. if congress doesn t get something done, would re-visit the issue. what do you think that meant? what that meant is he will be a partner. he will be part of the process to come up with a solution. at the beginning of the process, he is putting the pressure where the pressure needs to be, on us in the house and in the senate for us to legislate a solution to this problem. what can be done by the presidential pen can be undone by the presidential pen. that s