-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com topping this hour of 360, no changes yet for the dreamers, sweeping changes to enforcement guidelines make it easier to deport people immediately, making it harder for asylum seekers. in a home, one former border state mayor on what this may mean on the ground, and also the political pluses and minuses for the administration. pamela brown with the very latest. >> reporter: tonight the department of homeland security releasing new guidelines that could massively expand the number of undocumented documents

detained or deported from the u.s. >> everybody who is here illegally is subject to removal at any time. the priority that the president has laid forward, and the priority that ice is putting forward is to make sure that the people that have committed a crime are the priority of their efforts. >> reporter: under president obama, ice focussed on deportation in three categories, convicted criminals, public safety threats and those who recently crossed the border illegally. now those will be broadened out. now anyone accused of a crime, such as dui, is eligible for deportation. and they have wider discretion to decide who to round up. cnn rode along with ice agents in 2015 when they targeted an undocumented criminal at this auto shop in chicago, when

another undocumented immigrant at the same shop took off running. but now under the new guidelines, that same man could be detained and possibly deported. >> we're scared. >> reporter: gracea martinez was brought here 20 years ago. >> we're going to deal withdraw -- daca, with heart. >> we're concerned what donald trump means for our family. will it mean that we will be separated from our mother, just hike we were separated from our father, mean years ago? >> the memos are ending some programs, what do they call for? >> reporter: that's right. so the memos in the catch and release program, and that's when an undocumented immigrant was arrested and then released until the immigration proceeding,

which would sometimes be years, so this is effectively ends that program, and it calls for more expedited removals for those who have been in the united states for two years or less. it also makes it harder for asylum seekers to stay in the u.s. while they await their proceedings. now it's important to emphasize the administration says these are new guidelines. they are not making any changes to the law. this is all under the existing laws. anderson? >> pam brown. thanks. joining us is julio castro, former democratic mayor of san antonio, texas. thanks for being with us. what's your migimmediate reacti to these changes? how big a change is this really? >> well, you know, when you go through the executive order, the executive order is a mess. and, as folks throughout the evening have been remarking, seems somewhat contradictory, on the one hand they say no exceptions except for daca, and we're still going to prioritize

criminals, on the other hand, it's very clear that this is a significant change. that they are expanding the dragnet, and even though, for instance, they say that dreamers are off limits right now. the fact is that right here this san antonio, my hometown, just a couple days ago, there was a dreamer that was rounded up. so the way i read this is it's a significant change. it's an unleash the hounds type of executive order that is basically going to give license to folks out there in local communities, ice agents who want to be aggressive to go ahead and be aggressive. >> it does seem like a lot is left up to interpretation when it comes to judgments that different agencies have to make or frankly that different cities set as priorities. >> it does. and yeah, the executive order talks about, for instance, expanding 27g, basically expanding a program that worked with local communities as an

amp amplifying force to round up undocumented immigrants, police chiefs around the country have said most do not want that kind of responsibility. they want to focus on hard-core criminals. so you are going to have a lot of local communities who say i don't want to participate in 27 g. we want to use the resources more wisely. >> president trump then candidate trump, he campaigned on making these changes. none of this really should come as a surprise to anybody, and he did win the election partly based on his promise to deport many people who are in this country illegally. what do you say to those who say, look, this is long overdue, that people have broken the law, not criminal law, but broken the law by coming here and that this shouldn't be a surprise to anybody? >> well, you know, i put that in the category of politics. i don't care whether it's a surprise or not. what i care about are the families who are being impacted by this. even if somebody, even if you're

somebody watching out there and you say, look, they broke the law, they got to go. the fact is that so many of the folks that we're talking about have family members. american citizens that you're ripping those people apart from, you're tearing apart families. so this has real-life consequences, far apart from the politics of this. the other thing that i would say is, if you're out there in middle america and you think, wow, this guy really, he lived up to his campaign promise. you know what? what he's proposed is not going to make your life better. it's not going to create one more job for you or your family. it's not going to solve the problems that you may or may not have in your life. all this is doing is making it worse for families across the united states, and it's going to hurt the economies of states across this country, and, as we've seen in place like alabama and other states, that has a very real consequence in your life. so get ready for it. >> you say get ready for it. this may take a long amount of

time. i mean, there's still questions about where is the money going to come from, and we're talking about an awful lot of money to train officers, not just more ice agents but courts to process this, holding facilities. there's a lot of details that still have to be worked out. >> no doubt. and yes, and no. there's some of it that probably is going to happen immediately. for instance, by unleashing the hounds here, they're aggressive ice agents in some communities that are going to start rounding up undocumented immigrants right away. tame, he at the same time, he's talking about scrounging the budget to build the wall. i don't think that will come to pass, but that will take a long time. same thing for the 5,000 dhs employees that he talks about in the executive order. you're not going to do that overnight. there's a battle in congress right now over how much more

spending there's going to be. so those are big hurdles that this executive order has to overcome. >> thank you for your time, appreciate you very much. >> thank you. >> joining us is paul babeu. you've seen this first hand. how big a shift is this? >> this is significant. i remind people, everybody needs to ratchet it down a couple notches, because nothing's changed in the law. what's happening is the law's going to be enforced, and the president is setting very clear priorities for guidance or direction to those who enforce the law. and it's targeted, centered around the criminal element. there's, some people say 11, some people say 14 million illegals who are here. the president, very specifically, is targeting the criminal element, the million plus,74% of which have felony

convictions. and he's right to do that. and what's noticeable, when you're talking to secretary castro, now i hear this countless times, and it makes me sick quite honestly, the fact that they're divorced from reality. they have compassion for everyone else, yet i never hear them talk about the steve ronnenbacks, whose son has been murdered in my state. the maryann mendoza, whose son has been murdered. they never talk about prioritizing them. >> some critics have pointed to that the definition of who is a criminal has now been expanded into this. that it's not just the felons. it can, that it's basically up to any law enforcement agent to decide who they want to deport. >> it's not. it's giving very clear guidance, the same way the six-page memo was put out by secretary johnson, giving very clear directives to those 2 2 agencie

under homeland security. remember, obama live tv said if you're illegal, five years or more, you're going to get deferred action. the same night, secretary johnson put out that directive for prosecutorial discretion. they were asking people, how long have you been here, and gloria, if you've been here for only two weeks and you tell me five years, which of course you're going to do to stay here. >> mm-hm. >> that's the reality. so it was de facto amnesty for every illegal who was here. that's the reality under obama. >> is that your understanding as well, that essentially, it's not a huge change or expansion of who is a criminal? >> no, it is an expansion of the number of people who are going to get deported, and i have to say, i think it is an appalling that the sheriff is trying to

use the deaths at the hands of criminals. everybody, secretary castro wants to see criminals punished. everybody wants to see people who murder other people punished, whether they are legal or illegal in the united states. the question is, do you want law-abiding people thrown out of this country, people who work. people who have families in this country. that's what this order is going to do. and the idea that donald trump invented the idea of deporting criminals, you saw earlier in the story that obama's priority was deporting criminals. so the expansion here is not with criminals. the expansion is for undocumented people living in this country trying to make a living. that's the people who are going to get deported as a result. >> that's not reality. i can tell you, my deputies were arresting illegals smuggling drugs, snugglimuggling people. they've been deported, six

times, 22 times. don't scratch your head wondering why, it's because there was no enforcement of the law. it shouldn't be appalling. people always forget the tens and tens of thousands of american citizens who have been victimized by this criminal element. the democrats, it's largely the democrat, liberal side, has done their side no service, because they, they did not go after the criminal element. they've allowed >> can i -- >> like that case of ronnenback, that criminal was out for a year and a half. >> but how do you get, a, more agents. that's going to cost $1 billion to $4 billion. you're already building a wall that costs $20 million, plus, and how are you sure that when you give these local officials such discretion that they're going to use it wisely? >> there's a couple issues here. you're talking about law

enforcement. you give me the authority, gloria, in this republic, to make decisions up to and including lethal force. my god, can we not make determinations about who is here in the country and who is a threat, who is not? the law hasn't changed. we're setting priorities. you bring up a very valid point. there's going to take some time to ramp up to hire what is 15,000 agents. it takes nearly a year for a regular police officer to answer calls on his or her own. so it's going to take four, six, eight, 12 months for this really to get on its legs and start to walk and to run. the reality here is we're uncuffing. the president has, very clearly, said this, you're uncuffing the law and order people. the ice immigration officers, the border patrol. what happened, illegals would come across, and they were given an nta, a notice to appear to show up to court 30-plus days later, 90, 95% would never show

up. >> let me bring in julia. how do you see this? >> i don't know how you can say this is uncuffing and revolutionary and trump is finally doing something that no one else ever thought of before, which is not true. and everything is going to be okay. that's just not consistent. as a democrat who served in the department of homeland security in the last administration. enforcement is difficult. and everyone has to set priorities. what, what we saw today was language in the orders or in the guidelines that essentially did appear to un, unleash, right, because they left open the possibility that anyone, without any criminal violation, could get deported. and then you hear sean spicer do the wink and nod, we only want the bad people. well if you only want the bad people, that's the.c obama

standard. we have 11 million people, whatever it is, that are undocumented. are you not going to deport your way out of this problem. so the reason why democrats and republicans have historically have always focussed on enforcement as one piece. the others, could you get a pathway to citizenship, what kind of economy do we want, what kind of skilled labor, what kind of farm labor, those are the hard things. while this may be legal, it's definitely cruel. i really mean that as someone who's a proponent of enforcement. because it leaves open the discretion that leaves immigrant communities fearful and make them less likely to help the very local law enforcement who need them for violent crimes, for counter terrorism. >> i spoke to the mayor of los angeles a little while back and he said that was one of his big concerns, that a lot of local

folks don't want to cooperate on something like this, because they're worried that someone who's illegal who witnessed a crime is not going to want to talk to the police, is not going to want to come in and give an interview out of fear that they may get picked up and deported. >> that's not true. there's special visas for anybody who would offer witness testimony and anybody connected in their family. i've granted those as a sheriff. people who are illegal. >> a lot of people may not know that. >> they may not. i've gone out of my way, i've listened to this wonderful woman talk, as she's part of the administration. and i feel like there's a parallel universe as i'm listening to these conversations, because the reality in my county, all 15 sheriffs in my state, and half of us are democrats, half of us were republicans. we all came together in a unified voice and spoke out saying this system is broken. we use, one day's example of

criminals, dangerous criminals released into my state. two were murderers, and one was convicted of aggravated assault, and we said where do you think think were from? everybody responded, well, they must be mexico. not one was mexican, not one was hispanic. they came from iraq, russia and sudan. and we did this for the purpose not to say this is democratic or republican, but the system is broken. that's what has to be fixed. that's why donald trump was elected, to restore law and order. the reason i brought up the democrat is because it's these leaders who have failed our country when it comes to law and order, enforcing the law. that's why i've said they've done no favors for their argument. in fact, they've undermined it with the will of the american people. the -- >> the sheriff is talking, the sheriff is talking as if -- >> not everyone. jeffrey? >> the sheriff is talking as if every single person who is in this country without paper is a

criminal. >> no i'm not. >> he's talking exclusively about criminals, but i think sane people can agree that the vast, vast majority of people who are in this country without papers are trying to make a living. they are not criminals. and this is what we should be talking about. what's going to happen to them? are they just going to be put into boxcars, 11 million people and thrown out of this country? >> no. and that's thing, you had, you had eight years to take care of this, and you didn't. and the american people are fed up to here with this nonsense, and the lawlessness that has occurred in this country. >> but the president did deport 2 million people. >> no, there's reports out there that there's double counting. that border patrol. >> you're saying obama did not deport 2 million people? >> absolutely. there's reports that are out there that said these are numbers that are counted through border patrol and then ice gets ahold of them and they're counted once again. >> we have to move on.

>> there's no question enforcement has to happen. there's just no question. and i don't know why this has become a democrat/republican thing. the question is priorities, and what priorities are you going to set. you can set them as the criminals. everyone will agree with that. everyone. there's not a single person who defends criminality. the question is whether the pool of people -- you are not going to deport your way out of this. instead of spending so much time of saying the system is broken, what we folk cus on, is there gg to be a pathway to socitizenshi do we really want to split up families. it was easy for trump. but it's not going to solve the issue that we have in cities and states throughout this country. and so it's cruel, but it's not going to solve the problem. >> we will continue this. no doubt.

gloria. >> thank you, julia. reaction in mexico city, as you might imagine, they see things very differently. we'll be right back. huds) uh, sorry. it's unlimited without compromising reliability, on the largest, most advanced 4g lte network in america. (thud) uh... sorry, last thing. it's just $45 per line. forty. five. (cheering and applause) and that is all the microphones that i have. (vo) unlimited on verizon. 4 lines, just $45 per line. ♪ ♪ ♪

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existing laws. >> there is on the books more enforcement, more enforcers and a much greater dragnet with regard to who to go up against and who to find. a lot of due process violations in terms of suspicions and beliefs on the part of immigration enforcers that really are not going to be put to the test being in front of courts or judges or magistrates. but the thing that really worries me, anderson, is that this entire initiative is based on two donald trump lies that he's sold to the american people. one that crime is going way up in the united states and the second that illegal immigration is going way up in the united states. when, in fact, the truth is that crime is going down, and illegal immigration has been going down. so why this suddenly becomes a priority, a priority because donald trump lied to the

american people and the american people believed it. >> sheriff babeu, is this based on lies? >> it's quite traumatic to start out the interview this way. what's shocking about this is that the law is going to be enforced. there shouldn't be any big surprise. there's nothing dramatic about this. laws are enforced on you and me as american citizens each and every day. yet, what is so shocking is the fact that we haven't had the law enforced on illegal immigration for years and years, and there's been all this deferred action, these carve outs, and now we have a president who's been election, who made this a key plank in his effort to get elected. and he's delivering on his promise. >> mr. sheriff -- >> he's setting priorities within the laws, and he's targeting who? of the 14 million illegals who are here? the million criminal illegals, 74% of which, have felony

convictions. now those aren't regular illegals. they aren't regular people in our neighbor -- these are, a lot of them, very serious criminals. they've been convicted, not charged, convicted on these crimes. >> so sheriff, when secretary reich says -- >> i just want to ask the sheriff one, simple question. that is obviously, everybody in the united states is concerned about avoiding criminality and making sure that criminals are punished. that's not the issue. the real question -- >> it is the issue. >> well, it's not the issue. >> it is the issue because if you're so concerned about it now -- >> let him finish his question. >> if i may, you said, i want to know what your priorities are, and also whether this in any way interferes with other priorities you may have as sheriff in terms of other kinds of criminality. i want to know, as a practical matter, are americans being served by this? and if so, exactly how. >> first off, you start with a

drama h drama-filled attack calling the president a liar. if everybody was agreeing, of course, we're all concerned about the criminal illegals, then why the hell haven't you done something about it the past eight years? why haven't you arrested these people, stood up for the american people, put us first and prioritize our safety and security? the failures of this administration have put us in this very situation that we're in today. the lawlessness that has existed. and that's why we have a clear mandate with the new president, going in a different direction. >> i'll tell you, here's my concern and the reason i'm concerned about these lies about increasing crime and also increasing illegal immigration, but it takes our attention off of a lot of other things in this country. we've got a huge crisis in this country with regard to everything from white collar crime, a lot of executives in boardrooms who are violating the crime left and right. we have a lot of problems in

this country with regard to basic social services, education. we need health care. we need better public health. i mean, why are we so concerned about -- >> i got an answer for you. >> wait a minute. let me finish. on two fundamental lies about growing crime and growing illegal immigration? why should that suddenly be the priority? >> we're up to like eight lies now. >> no, i said two lies, and you have not addressed either of those lies. >> let me ask you, you're so keen on asking questions. have you ever, mr. reich, secretary reich, met with, talked to, american citizens who have been victimized? who have had a family member killed, murdered by a criminal illegal? have you? >> no, i haven't. >> i have. >> i haven't, but -- >> i have. >> mr. sheriff, why are you assuming, why are you assuming that the two particular facts that i put forth, that we, i said, that there was a lie that crime is increasing and there's a lie that --

>> no -- >> illegal immigration is increasing, why are you saying those are not important. >> the american people. >> why are those not important lies? >> the american people are sick and tired of being ignored and everybody else trumpeting the p p priorities of people who got here illegal lay in the firly i place. law and order is going to be e restored. >> is illegal immigration the number one crime issue that you face? i mean, obviously, you're in arizona. >> yes. >> but throughout the rest of the country, secretary reich is saying overall crime has been going down for decades, and illegal immigration has, in the last several years been going down as well. >> i'll tell you this. anderson, you've been down to

arizona. remember the primaries in new hampshire, people talking about heroin and meth issues. where do you think most of these drugs are coming from? they're coming through counties like mine, in the southwestern united states. >> my sheriff's office led the largest drug bust in the history of arizona. $3 billion against the sinaloa cartel. we're going to secure the border not just because of illegal immigration but the drug smuggling. they're harming every country, and the youth across this country. what about national security? what about people from countries of interest that would use this porous, unsecured border as a likely avenue of approach to come into this country and harm our country is th? that alone should be the priority to secure this border and the past president has failed to do that. this president will do that,

security the border, put americans, our families and our national security first for once. >> let me just say, there are a lot of problems in this country having to do with drugs, absolutely. >> and there are lot of problems having to do with national security, but honestly, if you're looking at trends and troubling trends, crime and illegal immigration are not among the most troubling trends we have. >> maybe for you, because you haven't talked to families who have been victimized. >> no, i'm talking about data. i'm talking about truth. >> you're hea professor. >> why do you have to live in a fa fact-free universe, just because donald trump wants us to believe what is not true. >> okay. there you go again. >> we'll leave it there, gentlemen, appreciate it very much. different perspectives. many different lawmakers are getting a chilly reception, facing angry crowds. president trump tweeted about

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after growing pressure. one of the first to speak out was his rival, hillary clinton. >> this was a meaningful reminder of why we have to fight bigotry, intolerance and hatred in all of its very ugly forms. >> reporter: president trump speaking out today against a wave of anti-semitism during a visit to the african-american museum of history. >> the anti-semitic threats are horrible. and are painful. and a very sad reminder of the work that still must be done to root out hate and prejudice and evil. >> reporter: the president's condemnation of bomb threats and vandalism of jewish sites across the country came after days of virtual silence on anti-semitic

threats. his comments came hours after his political rival, hillary clinton called on him to act. everyone must speak out, starting with the president. at two press conferences last week, the president stopped short of denouncing the attacks of violence and threats. he berated a reporter from a jewish magazine for asking the question. >> okay. sit down, i understand the rest of your question. so here's the story, folks. number one, i am the least a anti-sm anti-semitic person you've ever seen in your light the least racist. in fact, we did very well -- quiet, quiet, quiet. >> reporter: sean spicer defended the president. >> i think the president's going to do what he's talked about since election night. it's through deed and action,

talk about how we can unify this country and speak out against hate, anti-semitism, racism. >> you heard spicer talking about deed and action, has the president directed the government to do something specific at this stage? >>. >> reporter: as far as we can tell, there's been not much action. of course he did talk about this, today, which was a step forward from being silent for so many days, but he now has the full grasp of the government in his reach, the justice department, other agencies. the white house has not said that he's directed any of them to look into any of these incidence of violence as hate crimes. now they are of course watching this. this is something that the president is keenly aware of and concerned about. but no word tonight that he's asking his justice department to actually look into these as hate crimes or anything else, anderson. >> all right, jeff zeleny, thanks. more on what president trump said today and the very different reactions to it, we'll be right back.

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museum. the museum is very special. people love it. and he had this to say about racial issues in the united states. >> well, we're a very divided nation, and we have been for many, many years, decades, i mean, you go back to the founding, and i would just like to see if we could bring people together, as so many bad things happening. there is something going on that doesn't allow it to fully heal. sometimes it gets better, and then it busts apart. but we want to have it get very much better, get unified and stay together. >> joining us now is former george w. bush director and former obama administration official van jones. we heard the president say that we're divided nation, that we need to be more unified to get there. do you sigee, what sort of step do you want to see.

i hear some say he hasn't done enough. but to be honest, he's only been in office 30 days, what would you like to see him do? >> so far, he doesn't seem to be a natural at it yet, but, you know, presidents can grow in office. when lyndon johnson was first elected, you would never have thought lyndon johnson would be the kind of champion that he became. you have to leave open the possibility that something can happen. he doesn't seem to be a natural at it yet. that speech that he gave, he was talking about something as horrific as anti-jewish bigotry. right now, poverty is affecting whites in larger numbers. an opioid addiction. there's common pain between blacks and whites that could lead to common purpose. and if trump wants to be a truly

transformational president, i think the door's open, but i haven't seen it, it doesn't seem to be his top priority yet. >> how do you see it, and what would you like to see? >> well, i think that the common pain and common purpose that van just talked about is the reason why president trump became, candidate trump became the president of the united states. because the issues that are facial my brothers and sisters in appalachia are similar to those facing my brothers and sisters in detroit. that's why you saw the first lady with the first lady of israel, mrs. netanyahu, to show the similarities of the struggles, with the black community and the jewish community. and that's why i thought it was important today, on john lewis's birthday, to go to this museum and emphatically denounce

bigotry and antismetism once and for all from his mouth. where the president goes matters, and what he says matters, on this issue, he has been very, very certain and stid fast in his comments today which i think should be applauded. so, as we move forward, i hope president trump continues on his efforts to you know pie thunify and to affect the black community and all communities. fragile communities need leadership, and they need this president to make things better. >> do you see, van, efforts to unify the country? >> look, i think that donald trump has a problem. and i don't know if he's really thought it all the way through. i hope that he does. donald trump's campaign was conducted in such a way that anti-jewish bigots, who i'm sure

he would not want to be associated with, racists, neo-nazis and others who i'm sure he would not want to be associated with, took great comfort in this campaign. that's a hurt to know that. but it's true. if you look at their websites, they almost see him as an icon, and that adds a burden to his shoulders, but it's there. he's got to be more aggressive than he has been in pushing back on those people who are trying to ride his coattails. there's this alt-right, which is basically neo-nazis and white supremacy supremacists. they are gaining in numbers. he has an opportunity, rare in office, to be a special champion against racism, a special champion against anti-jewish bigotry. he's got paris talking to him, a lot of people talking to him. i hope he rises fully in that

role. if he doesn't meet it, i think he's going to be sending a signal that maybe he's not as upset about these guys as i bet he is. >> paris, do you see him having an extra burden because of some of the people who, you know, supported him, whether he want the that support or not? >> i think the extra burden he has is to prove himself to be the man that all of his supporters and the 8% of african-americans and almost 13% of african-american males who voted for him know him to be, and that is a champion for those who are in fragile communities. i want this president to be the champion for detroit, the champion for baltimore, the champion for appalachia. i want him to be that champion. and so the burden i think that he has is to do the things he wants to do to help these fragile communities, and i don't know what more he can say, van, when he says, and i quote, we have to fight bigotry, intolerance and hatred in all of its very ugly form, the

antisemitic threats targeting our jewish communities are horrible and a painful reminder of all the work that needs to be done to root out evil. >> van, what more could he do? >> well, first of all, i think that sometimes when you do something late, rather than early, it casts a certain kind of a, well, is he doing this because of political pressure? i think what he said was gareat. if in fact some of those attacks had come down and it turned out a muslim person was attacking americans, i think the president would have moved quicker. i think he's got a hair trigger when it comes to islamic forms of terrorism as opposed to other forms of terrorism. he's got to be against hateful activity no matter what color, what religion. and people feel more comfortable. when you have a quick trigger on

some and a slow trigger on others, it doesn't look good. >> appreciate your perspectives. republican lawmakers holding town halls, taking heat, and reaction from donald trump on some of those protesters when we continue. modern way to pay. you excited? it's sold out. don't fret, my friend. i masterpassed it! you can use it online and on your phone i masterpassed it. you got the tickets? onward!

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congressman's town hall. take a listen. >> eight years of obstruction. >> stole the supreme court pick. stole it. >> don't let -- >> is there a single unifying issue among the protesters? >> no one particular issue per se, when you think of health care? yes. obamacare, lot of talk about trump and his taxes, whether should be investigation. women's rights frankly. schooling, children, betsy devos, all of this. but if there is one unifying thing, it is they're antitrump. agenda here is stop trump's agenda. that is carried across all the town halls. >> kim, thanks very much. be right back. more news ahead. lowest taxes in decades, a talented workforce,

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