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thank you. >> thank you so much. >> sheila jackson lee, congresswoman. >> yes, hi. thank you very much for bringing us together. sheila jackson lee on the homeland security committee. let me just quickly say that when you have a mother tell you directly that she's in fear that she will never see her child again and when the united nations human rights commission indicates to the trump administration you're violating huma rights, then you know that what we are saying today is president trump, cease and desist because you are moving the ark of justice to the heap of despair and the trash heap of injustice. >> it's a pretty grim sight to see really good young healthy-looking kids with so much fear, so much anxiety, so much wonder of what is next. they don't know where their parents are. they don't know what tomorrow's going to bring. they don't know if there's a future. and what has happened in this country is the deliberate decision by the president of the united states is to make it a crime for a mother and father and a son and daughter to make a treacherous journey,

. >> sheila jackson lee, congresswoman. >> yes, hi,ator meel, thank you very much for bringing us togetherjackson lee, let me quickly saw when you have a mother tell you directly that she's in fear she will never see her child again, and when the united nations human rights commission indicates that the trump administration, you're violating human rights, you know what we are seeing today is, president trump, cease and desist. you have moving the arc of justice to the heap of despair, and the trash hype of injustice. >> thank you very much. >> it's a pretty griight to see really good young, healthy-looking kids with soech fear, so much anxiety, so much wonder of what is next? they don't know where their parents are. they don't know what tomorrow will bring. they don't know if there's a future. what happened in this country is a deliberate decision by the president of the suns is to make it a crime for a mother father and a son and daughter to make a treacherous journey, to knock on the door of freedom and be put in handcuffs. what's happened. after the parents are in handcuffs, the kids ar

i yield back my time, remaining time to the gentlewoman, sheila jackson lee. you can hear e: the babies crying. when i went to south texas processing center, plays where they were holding children, you -- places where they were holding children, you could see the cages. you could hear and feel the warmth of roger that was nine months old that i held in my hands and who i did not want to let go. i could feel that roger's relatives had been taken from him. he was crying. the babies are coming every day. there are 2,000 children who have been snatched from their families. it is child abuse. mr. president, you can come to the republican conference and jokes and raise your fists, but you can sign right now on behalf of the american people will let these babies go to their families. pope francis said a person's dignity does not depend on them being a citizen, a migrant, or refugee, saving the life of someone fleeing war and poverty an act of humanity. this is a sin. please, for carlos, please, please let our children go to their families. mr. espaillat: mr. speaker,

with that i would like to yield the remainder of my time to representative sheila jackson lee. >> thank you for this important amendment and i'm disappointed that against the advice of staff, and bipartisan officials across the commerce department and untested and misguided question regarding citizenship, that plays a critical role in our democracy. created a us house of representatives and declared the portion of seats occurs following account of all persons, not just citizens in the united states because of the importance of census in support of local government and educational resources and i support the gentlelady's amendment, no requirement to count persons by only citizenship and those who are not citizens. i yield back. >> the gentleman from florida to claim time. >> the gentlelady from washington we don't typically agree on immigration issues, it is always well read, she knows her stuff. the spirit to advocacy every day in congress. as to the workability of this amendment it could undermine the principle of one person and one vote that requires a government to obtain those withi

congress member from texas, sheila jackson lee. i'm congresswoman judy chu from california's 27th district. before the eighth day, having a mental health disorder was considered a pre-existing condition. pregnancy as a pre-existing condition. asthma was a pre-existing condition. so was addiction, hypertension, arthritis, obesity, diabetes, and more. but the a.c.a. change the that. finally making care affordable for all. but now republicans are once again pushing policies that would destroy those protections and they are doing it even though the last time this proposal was considered in congress the american people rose up in protest. who can forget the images of disabled americans who depend on medicaid being dragged from their wheelchairs as they protested these cuts? who could ignore the stories of a life saved because the a.c.a. meant they could afford insurance finally. these are stories like jamie. jamie is from my home state of california. she is a lawyer and a mother whose surprise diagnosis on a lifelong pre-existing condit

sheila jackson lee / texas (r)my fear is that there may be loss of life, and the loss of life is children that can't be found. =senator jeff merkely says since the zero tolerance policy took effect about 3 thousand kids have. been separated from their families. in brownsville texas alexandra limon. (michelle)at least five people were killed in south texas today after an s-u-v crashed while being chased by border patrol and a local deputy.dimmit county sheriff marion boyd said the vehicle was carrying undocumented immigrants.he says border patrol started the chase. . and enook over.12 people were ejected according to the sheriff.at least five are dead. boyd said his deputies are often trying to track down suspects accused of smuggling undocumented immigrants and drugs.he said it's a quote "perfect example of why our borders need to be secure." according to boyd, the crash happened about 45 to 50 miles from the mexico border. authorities believe the driver and one passenger are u-s citizens. (michelle) in the north bay... highway 101 in cotati has reopened after a multi-vehicle collision. c

i yield back my time, remaining time to the gentlewoman, sheila jackson lee. you can hear e: the babies crying. when i went to south texas processing center, plays where they were holding children, you -- places where they were holding children, you could see the cages. you could hear and feel the warmth of roger that was nine months old that i held in my hands and who i did not want to let go. i could feel that roger's relatives had been taken from him. he was crying. the babies are coming every day. there are 2,000 children who have been snatched from their families. it is child abuse. mr. president, you can come to the republican conference and jokes and raise your fists, but you can sign right now on behalf of the american people will let these babies go to their families. pope francis said a person's dignity does not depend on them being a citizen, a migrant, or refugee, saving the life of someone fleeing war and poverty an act of humanity. this is a sin. please, for carlos, please, please let our children go to their families. mr. espaillat: mr. speaker,

texas congresswoman sheila jackson lee, said it is not fair. >> the time has expired.t is a sin and shame. >> reporter: now it shifts to a carefully negotiated compromise. it is based on the president trump four pillars and would provide a pathway for dreamers. >> we want to keep the families intact and enforce our laws and secure our border. some in the middle of the fight said the compromise bill is only action now. >> more so on the other side of the aisle have been promising a solution for dreamers for 17 years. with nothing to show for it. this is our opportunity to make sure young impacts are treated fairly and guaranteed a future in america. a vote against the legislation is status quo. >> reporter: hughes democrat leader blasted the republicans for lack of outreach. >> it may be a compromise with the devil, but not the democrats in terms of what they have in the bill. >> reporter: the senate law maker down played it. >> congress getting it done is not going to solve the problem. immigration is a contentious and divisive issue. the president has to do it himself

texas democrat congresswoman sheila jackson lee said it not fair. >> we depend on them having grown up here, loving this nation, pledging flag. -- >> time has expired. >> a shame. reporter: pressure shifts to house republican leadership, negotiated compromise put on hold until tomorrow, based on president trump 4 pillars. >> declare -- would provide a path way to citizenship for dreamers. >> we want to keep families intact and enforce our laws and secure the border, that is what vast majority americans'. reporter: some in middle of immigration fight say that compromise bill is only option now. >> a lot of people in in chamber on both sides more so, on other side of the aisle, have been promising a solution for dreamers for 17 years. with nothing to show for it, this or opportunity to make sure these y2k young im-- young immigrant are treating fairly, a vote against this legislation is a status quo. >> a lack of out reach. >> you all repeat it. it is not a compromise. with the devil but not a compromise with the democrats in terms of what they have in the bill. reporter: senate democrat

and i will yield now to my .olleague, sheila jackson lee i believe she's here. ms. jackson lee, who's been a terrific champion for economic equity and social justice in our country and i'm delighted to yield to her now. ms. jackson lee: thank you very much, congressman raskin. i want to thank you for your leadership, consistent leadership on these issues, and certainly, i think, the recognition of the fact that the poor of this nation, both in the biblical sense of our faith or the document of your faith, the poor have always been acknowledged and in a certain sense, the christian bible honored. and it is a sad state of affairs for us to come to this realize he nation to that our poor are suffering at large numbers and that there is no relief. i know that dr. king some 50 years ago, as he was planning the poor people's march, and many of us realized that he was not able to fulfill it for he was shot by an assassin's bullet on april 4, 1968. but the valiant people went forward with his dream of eliminating poverty and i'm reminded of his words injustice anywhere is in

now, sheila jackson lee who was there. part of the interview and good to have you with me.to ask you. what did you learn from him today? >> first of all, let me say that he is a army veteran, a 22 year member of fbi and a person that i believe throughout the process presented himself as a credible witness. i think this is a meeting that the total context of what was said cannot be repeated, but let me generally say to you that he believes in the federal bureau of investigation. he does not believe that the entire bureau has been tainted. he believes his work was very important. and he certainly believes the work dealing with the russian veinvestigation was a high priority in particular because it dealt with an deals with national security. and he gave no doubt that the issue of the e-mails have been fully vetteded, fully investigated. and no evidence of bias on his part and the fact that it was appropriately closed. >> so i want to just again remind our viewers by reading one of the xatext messages. obviously at the time, they were in the midst of an affair. paige says trum

i also spoke with congresswoman sheila jackson lee of texas yesterday.d support a 9/11-style commission to investigate the government response to hurricane maria in puerto rico. do you think that needs to happen? what is the answer? >> i whole heartedly think that should happen. these deaths, however many there are, and listen, we're not going to be happy if there are 1,500 versus 6,000. one person that died is one person that died. and if they died of neglect and because governments didn't do what they were supposed to do, then people should be held accountable for so. i whole heartedly stand with what the senator said. and it's something -- we have so many things that we can learn from this worst case scenario. and one of the things that we're doing san juan from learning from that, we are even more looking to communities, establishing what we call ctcs, centers for transformation of communities, where there will be a head count of each family in a community. we would know how many people are bed-ridden in that family, there will be a center with solar

amendment calls for and i urge support for this amendment and i yield two minutes to congressman sheila jackson lee. >> first of all, i want to thank -- i want to express the importance, she's worked so very hard. the gop tax cuts for rich -- [inaudible] >> make everyone pay by cutting important benefits americans rely on. those benefits are programs that provide, livable wage, housing education and nutrition system. [inaudible] >> when president obama's economic adviser released report on poverty, a complete measure of poverty that catches the impact and they found that poverty had been cut by one-third since 1967. in great society, president johnson it's evident that more individuals both rural and urban were able to come out of poverty on the basis of, again, job creating, access to food nutrition, access to education, pell grants, because poverty strikes people in both rural and urban areas. i thank the gentlelady for yielding. let me say in conclusion -- [inaudible] >> faulty notion that cutting poverty programs is the same as cutting poverty. that is not the case. they are slashing the opport

>> representative sheila jackson lee. thank you for joining us. >> thank you, wolf. >>> a senior political analyst, white house reporter for the "washington post." also with us senior media correspondent brian stelter here in washington, and our chief political analyst gloria borger. gloria, what's your reaction to the president clearly not budging on this issue, this zero tolerance policy that his administration enacted in april that will separate children from their parents if they illegally cross into the united states? >> i think what we heard is trump digging in. that he made a few points, is that he is accusing the media of focusing on immigration because we want to get the cameras away from the testimony of the inspector general which he says clears him of collusion, et cetera, which is not true. he indicated that whatever congress gives to him, he's going to make changes because he wants what he wants. and he said, and we might as well get it right or keep it going, meaning that this detention at the border of chi

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. >> congresswoman sheila jackson lee, i really appreciate your time. thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me. i do want to just congratulate everyone who's graduating this year. thank you. >> absolutely, especially because it has been a tough year for a lot of these high school students, especially in texas. our hearts are with those in santa fe, texas, this weekend too. we know their graduation was yesterday. thank you again. >>> i want to discuss more of these revelations, especially concerning the trump letter with our panel. let's start there with cnn legal analyst paul callan, it toedito the weekly standard. this letter president trump's lawyers sent back in january. i'm not sure if you've had a chance to read all the way through but do you think trump's team has a solid case? >> i have had an opportunity to look at the letter. of course a lot of this material has been coming up in bits and pieces over the last few months. this issue of whether a president can be compelled to testify before a grand jury, the courts have never been cry

and now yield to the gentle lady from texas, miss sheila jackson lee. >> i thank you to the ranking member. every day americans are afterthought in this budget. mr. chairman, every day brings new examples of the mean spirited and heart less manner in which the president governs. zero tolerance, criminalization, family separation policy, which i witnessed firsthand in brownsville today, this past weekend, which he can end immediately if he wishes to do so, separates vulnerable, frightened children from their mothers and father's for no legitimate reason as this little one looks and is in the greatest fear probably of his entire life. there is no legitimate purpose to strike fear in the hearts of mothers or to strike fear in the hearts of children. but know this, the deployment of the trump deportation force and other acts are no less cruel. my anglo was right when someone shows you who they are, believe them. how else to describe a budget that is shame leslie takes away hope and opportunity for millions of families while showering millionaires and wealthy corporations with unnecessary cuts.

sheila jackson lee. >> thank you, senator and i think all of us are going to echo our appreciation to mission of members of congress. i'd like to call it a mission of mercy. and i want to emphasize the facility we just visited, the southwest key casa padre, are doing the best that they can for children for a policy that as a member of the judiciary committee, i helped structure some ten years ago. which related only to the place for unaccompanied children who that he had their way across the border by themselves. the president is not telling the truth. there is no law. there is no policy that has allowed him to snatch children away from their families. there is absolutely no policy. his representation is a patent untruth and out of politeness, i'm not using the stronger word, but he is not telling the truth. and it's important for the american people to understand that the immigration policies that we're espousing are openly a humane policy. a comprehensive policy. no one here is arguing for bad guys to be allowed into the united states. we are fighting to the very end for children wh

here's texas democrat sheila jackson lee, roll tape. >> there is absolutely no policy.is representation is a patent untrue and out of politeness i'm not using the stronger word. but he is not telling the truth. as for president trump, he's been tweeting about this -- why don't the democrats give us the vote to fix the world's worst immigration laws? where is the outcry for the killings and krill being caused by gangs and thugs including ms-13 coming into our cntry illegally. fox news contradict tore james freeman is wall street journal editorial with us this morning. my opinion, the democrats are, win on this issue of separation of family what is say you? >> i think both parties unfortunately are not willing to go with the obviousio to give president trump the law he's been seeking you give people law and order at the border and you allow more people who toangt mean us any harm to come in to work and people brought here to stay. there's kind of an obvious fix here, and i think it has been frustrating for a lot of people watching. i happen to think -- a lot of these peop

including bennie thompson, the ranking democratic member on the homeland security committee, sheila jackson lee, frederica wilson, ben ray lujan, to visit two sites where these young kids are being kept in the rio grande valley in texas. -- when we were there, myself and a few other members of congress met two young children who were being held without their parents. they were separated from their parents. one of them was named roger. an 8-year-old boy -- i'm sorry, an 8-month-old boy. 8 months old. the administrators told us that his mother was actually deceased and they believe that he'd come to the country with his sister, but she was nowhere to be found. the other was a young girl named leah. she was 1 years old. she was separated from her parents. these are among the youngest victims of this brutal policy of president trump in separating young children from their parents. most americans believe that we can enforce our immigration laws and still respect human dignity and human rights. but in going down the road that this president has taken us, he's taking us down a road where we're losing

sheila jackson lee / texas (d)my fear is that there may be loss of life, and the loss of life is children tough road trip for the giants... but they did manage to leave l-a with a win. kareem abdul jabbar was at dodger stadium on father's day. top of the 1st... nick hundley hit a 2-run homerun off caleb ferguson... giving san francisco a 2-0 lead. the giants went onto win 4-1. the giants are back home tonight... taking on the marlins. first pitch is 7:15. ( will ) evan longoria will have surgery tomorrow o his broken left hand that means he's going to miss 6 to 8 weeks. longoria for hurt on thursday... when he was hit in the hand by a pitch. longoria does ánot need surgery... but he's hoping surgery will get him back in the lineup sooner. ( will ) over at the coliseum... it was beautiful day to catch a game with dad. and to make the day even better... the a's beat the angels. in the 6th... angels star albert pujols hit his 625th career home run... giving the angels a 3-2 lead. bottom 9th... with the a's down by a run... mark canha hit a bloop down the middle to bring in the tying run and

sheila jackson lee / texas (r)my fear is that there may be loss of life, and the loss of life is childrennator jeff ( will ) house minority leader nancy pelosi will visit the u-s-mexico border here in california today... to see the impact of the administration's efforts to crack down on illegal immigration. ( will ) a spokesperson for first lady melania trump weighed in on the controversy. a statement released yesterday reads in part -- "mrs. trump hates to see children separated from their families and hopes both sides of the aisle can finally come together to achieve successful immigration reform." it goes on to say -- "she believes we need to be a country that follows all laws, but also a country that governs with heart." on the heels of melania's statement ... former first lady laura bush is getting into the immigration debate. bush is calling the the separation of families at the u-s border quote "cruel" and "immoral."she also writes quote "in 2018, can we not as a nation find a kinder, more compassionate and more moral answer to this current crisis?" ( darya ) our team coverage cont

driven, purposeful and focused, the great lady from the great state of texas, congresswoman sheila jackson lee. ms. jackson lee: i thank the distinguished gentleman from pennsylvania and there is no one that he can take a back seat to in terms of his freshman term for his engagement and involvement and the most eloquent statements he's made on the floor which shows his commitment to the people of this nation and the people of his district. tonight is certainly an example of that was we've come to the floor to really speak about children and i hep hope that my friends, my colleagues, will fully appreciate the fact that as we speak about children, we're speaking about everyone's children. we're speaking about a young boy that was killed running away from law enforcement. not running toward, not creating a threat, retreating, thinking about children who need a better education, children who need to have supplemental nutrition program or children who need to be safe from human trafficking. we're talking about children. just a week ago, mr. speaker, a week ago monday and sunday, i was in mcallen an

we will talk with sheila jackson lee of texas. she is a member of the homeland security committee.is is bloomberg markets. the debate over u.s. immigration policy is intensifying. white house officials say children are being held in 17 states separately from the parents. prison says he wants the law family canhanged so stay together. this is the only solution to the border crisis. >> the president is scheduled to meet later today and joining us from texas.ckson as we and other outlets have talked about, it is the administration's policy that causes separation. it sore not reversing looks like there will have to be a legislative remedy. what are the chances in a republican-controlled congress? my colleagues who are republican would take the word partisan out of their vocabulary and use the term nonpartisan. if they would listen to the cries of the children on the audio we have been listening to, they would take up the bill that i support to ensure we get the problem fixed immediately. i think i can almost equate -- pt they would answer that call and the desperate conditions that the

host: democrat donald more craft said -- host: and then sheila jackson lee -- host: michael is next., harrisburg -- think i push the wrong one. michael, harrisburg, opposing the president's actions. high. caller: yes, i do, but i was also looking for the fourth phone number option. the eagles also made a bad move. was known to be a situation coming out of the super bowl win, i'm sure that their office and their staff must have talked about this, discussed it, talk about it, known that the players were going to be coming up with something not to go. but i don't think anyone is surprised by the president and his antics, continuing to be divisive. i think this has a great trickle down, even to young people who are fans of the game. it's really a no-win situation for all. it should have been about the ball. and you know, just all of the arguments over the stance didn't come out. the season of the nfl ended without any kind of answer to this problem. moving forward this puts a real spin on the early season and this is far from over. i think that trump is stirring the pot and i also think