Government shutdown. Senate lawmakers reached a bipartisan budget deal today to fund the government for six more weeks and raise federal budget caps for two years. It would add hundreds of billions of dollars to military and domestic programs. Kpix5s joe vasquez shows us representative pelosi is threatening to oppose that deal unless republicans allow a vote on the dreamers. Nancy pelosi clearly has strong feelings about wanting to force a decision on daca. How strong . She went on a kind of filibuster today, no food only water talking for eight solid hours. Im voicing some of the concerns today largely through the voices and the stories of our dreamers. In her marathon speech nancy pelosi read aloud letters from dreamers. Immigrants wondering how long theyll be able to stay here after the president pulled the plug on their program. I arrived when i was five in the United States. I grew up american. I grew up speaking english. I grew up calling the United States home. This is my countr
Straight. In 4 our young people are our future. And these dreamers are part of that. Now at 11 00 she spoke for eight hours straight in 4inch heels. Tonight representative Nancy Pelosis record breaking speech. The San Francisco congresswomans speech came on the eve of another possible government shutdown. Senate lawmakers reached a bipartisan budget deal today to fund the government for six more weeks and raise federal budget caps for two years. It would add hundreds of billions of dollars to military and domestic programs. Kpix5s joe vasquez shows us representative pelosi is threatening to oppose that deal unless republicans allow a vote on the dreamers. Nancy pelosi clearly has strong feelings about wanting to force a decision on daca. How strong . She went on a kind of filibuster today, no food only water talking for eight solid hours. Im voicing some of the concerns today largely through the voices and the stories of our dreamers. In her marathon speech nancy pelosi read aloud lett
And you know what . Im thinking about doing it. Trumps level of vindictiveness, knows no bounds. He is threatening to pull Law Enforcement out of california . A couple weeks ago, he threatened to arrest elected officials like myself just for being the heads of century cities. That is not america, that is not democracy. Senator Dianne Feinstein released a statement saying the president renewed his attacks on california with more insults and threats. The president s obsession with our state is growing more outrageous by the day. San Francisco Mayor said if the president believes that threatening century cities with federal action will coerce us into betraying the trust and cooperation of our immigrant communities, he is sorely mistaken. The mayor maintains that Immigration Enforcement is the purview of the federal government, and that it is a citys right, legal right, to be completely handsoff. A spokesperson for i. C. E. Referred all questions to the white house. Were live in oakland. N
Fear. Im afraid, because they know where i live, they know my phone number. They know everything about me. Im a lawabiding citizen who has done nothing but, you know, do work in my community, and live a rightful life. Reporter shes talking about registering with the federal government as a dreamer under president obamas administration, which allowed her to legally work and get a drivers license, only to have it rescinded today under president trump. Hundreds came out in support of the dreamers, including top elected officials who denounced the Trump Administration decision. Weve got your back here in the city of san jose were going to look at every potential action we can take, including a lawsuit against this Administration Reporter many of the dreamers said this was just the beginning of a battle to stay in this country. The only country many of them ever knew. This is my home. This is my home. And i know no other. Reporter now the dreamers say they dont plan ongoing anywhere, but ve
Decision that has hundreds of thousands of dreamers caught in a nightmare this evening. Crowds are gathering on bofort abort boost both sides of the bay. Shielded people brought to the u. S. Illegally as children. Under todays white house decision, Homeland Security will now work permits for the estimated 800,000 Daca Recipients. It will give congress 6 months to find an alt tear native. Alternative. Im not going nowhere. This is the home, you are all my home. Im your neighborhood. Im the person that rides the bus with you. Alesion i cant is studying at underthe dreamer program. She works with a nonprofit tutoring by bilingual students. New at 6 00, our executive kpix 5 usa statewide poll found 58 of respondents think daca is good. Only 3 think its bad. And 63 think that congress should pass legislation to continue a version of that protest. The big protest the taking shape right now. Chopper 5 flew over the scene. Turner is live in the thick of it looking at the legal factors behind t