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Rep. Gutierrez On The Uncertain Future Of DACA

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Rep. Luis Gutierrez D-Ill., speaks to immigrant rights advocates during a rally against President-elect Donald Trump's immigration policies, at Metropolitan AME Church in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017. (Jose Luis Magana/AP)
Rep. Luis Gutierrez D-Ill., speaks to immigrant rights advocates during a rally against President-elect Donald Trump's immigration policies, at Metropolitan AME Church in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017. (Jose Luis Magana/AP)

This week Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly met with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and warned that DACA — deferred action for childhood arrivals — and temporary protected status for immigrants from countries like Haiti, Honduras and Nicaragua may be ending soon.

Here & Now’s Meghna Chakrabarti talks with Rep. Luis Gutierrez (@RepGutierrez), a Democrat from Illinois, about the fate of the some 800,000 immigrants protected by DACA and other immigrants with special status.

This segment aired on July 14, 2017.

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