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Lawmakers Remain Divided On DACA Deal; Republicans Criticize FBI

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., heads to the chamber with fellow Democrats for a procedural vote aimed at reopening the government, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 22, 2018. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., heads to the chamber with fellow Democrats for a procedural vote aimed at reopening the government, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 22, 2018. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

Lawmakers continue to debate a deal that Democrats want to extend the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which provides deportation protection for young immigrants. Republicans who lead congressional committees are taking aim at what they see as wrongdoing by the FBI, as the agency's Russia investigation continues.

Political strategists Karine Jean-Pierre (@K_JeanPierre) and Matt Mackowiak (@MattMackowiak) join Here & Now's Robin Young and Jeremy Hobson to analyze the day's news.

This segment aired on January 24, 2018.

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