MARIA: WELCOME BACK.
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S RALLY BLITZ,
THE PRESIDENT PLANNING 11
RALLIES IN SIX DAYS AHEAD OF THE
MIDTERM ELECTIONS.
HE IS GOING TO BE BUSY THE NEXT
SIX DAYS.
HE'LL BE IN CLEVELAND ON THE
EVENING OF THE ELECTIONS, ON THE
EVE OF THE ELECTIONS, RATHER,
FOCUSING ON THE BOOMING ECONOMY.
CONGRESSMAN JIM RENASI IS WITH
US, REPRESENTING OHIO'S THIRD
DISTRICT.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU THIS
MORNING.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
>> GOOD MORNING,.
MARIA: WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING
THE PRESIDENT TO SAY TO RALLY
UP, WILL IT BE ECONOMIC THINGS
THAT RALLY UP YOUR CONSTITUENTS?
>> WELL, LOOK, I THINK THE BIG
THING IS LET'S LOOK OVER THE
LAST 16, 17 MONTHS, WHAT'S
HAPPENED.
WE'VE GOT BUSINESSES THAT ARE
GROWING AND EMPLOYING MORE
PEOPLE.
WE'VE GOT COMPANIES THAT ARE
EXPANDING THEIR OPERATIONS AND
THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE
HAPPENING IN OHIO.
I THINK HE JUST NEEDS TO COME IN
AND MAKE SURE PEOPLE REMEMBER
THAT WHEN THEY GO TO VOTE.
MARIA: WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS
THIS MORNING BECAUSE IT IS ABOUT
ECONOMIC ISSUES BUT IT'S ALL
ABOUT IMMIGRATION.
IT'S ALSO ABOUT IMMIGRATION FOR
VOTERS A MAJOR IMMIGRATION
CHANGE, AXIOS IS REPORTING THAT
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS PLANNING TO
SIGN AN EXECUTIVE ORDER WHICH
REMOVES BIRTH RIGHT CITIZENSHIP
FOR CHILDREN OF NON-CITIZENS AND
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS BORN ON
AMERICAN SOIL.
YOUR REACTION TO THIS?
WE KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A TREND.
PEOPLE COME, SEVEN MONTHS
PREGNANT, THEY HAVE THE BABY,
THE BABY IS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN
AND THAT GETS THEM HERE AS WELL.
YOUR REACTION?
>> I SAID ALL ALONG WE HAVE AN
IMMIGRATION SYSTEM THAT'S
BROKEN.
CONGRESS HAS BEEN SITTING ON
THIS FOR YEARS.
WE NEED TO GET SOMETHING DOUBLE
WE NEED TO FIX THE IMMIGRATION
SYSTEM AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE A
PROCESS THAT WORKS, THAT ALLOWS
PEOPLE TO I'M
PEOPLE TO IMMIGRATE IN A LEGAL
WAY.
I THINK THE PRESIDENT IS PUSHING
THAT.
DAGEN: HERE'S WHAT THE 14th
AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION
HAS TO SAY.
ALL PERSONS BORN OR NATURALIZED
IN THE UNITED STATES AND SUBJECT
TO THE JURISDICTION THEREOF ARE
CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES
AND OF THE STATE WHEREIN THEY
RESIDE.
THIS IS AN INTERVIEW THAT AIRS
--
MARIA: IT'S ON AXIOS ON HBO.
DAGEN: IT AIRS THIS COMING
SUNDAY, RIGHT BEFORE THE
MIDTERMS, THAT THE PRESIDENT IS
SAYING PEOPLE ARE TELLING ME
THAT I DON'T NEED AN ACT OF
CONGRESS TO CHANGE THIS
AMENDMENT, THAT I CAN DO IT
THROUGH EXECUTIVE ORDER.
BUT AGAIN, IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN
WHETHER THIS IS JUST TALK,
WHETHER THIS MOVES FORWARD AND
HOW MUCH PUSHBACK YOU GET JUST
FROM LEGAL SCHOLARS.
MARIA: THIS WILL BE THE DEBATE.
COULD HE DO THIS BY EXECUTIVE
ORDER?
DOES HE NEED A CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT TO DO THIS?
>> I APPRECIATE YOUR ANSWER.
A MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD APPROACH,
DO YOU SUPPORT THE IDEA THAT IF
YOU'RE HERE ILLEGALLY AND YOU
HAVE A CHILD, THAT BIRTH RIGHT
CITIZENSHIP SHOULDN'T BE
AUTOMATICALLY GIVEN?
>> WELL, LOOK, I SUPPORT THE
CONSTITUTION.
I SUPPORT ALL THE AMENDMENTS.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PRESIDENT
IS DOING.
PEOPLE IN OHIO ARE FED UP WITH
SANCTUARY CITIES AND JUST PEOPLE
COMING ACROSS THE BORDER
ILLEGALLY.
IN THE END, WE HAVE TO ABIDE BY
THE CONSTITUTION AND AMENDMENTS.
WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE CONGRESS IS
FIXING THE BROKEN IMMIGRATION
SYSTEM.
I THINK THAT'S THE KEY.
DAGEN: ONE THING I WILL NOTE,
PETE, ON THIS, ONE PROBLEM IN
THIS COUNTRY HAS BEEN WHAT'S
CALLED BIRTH TOURISM, WOMEN
FLYING INTO THE UNITED STATES,
COMING INTO THE UNITED STATES
UNDER TOURIST VISAS,
PARTICULARLY FROM COUNTRIES LIKE
CHINA, AND HAVING THEIR CHILDREN
HERE.
THESE CHILDREN BECOME AMERICAN
CITIZENS BECAUSE THEY'RE BORN ON
U.S. SOIL AND THEY GO BACK HOME
AND IT GIVES -- IT OPENS THE
DOOR FOR THEIR CHILDREN TO SAY
GO TO COLLEGE HERE AND THIS WAS
A PROBLEM FOR YEARS AND YEARS.
SO MUCH SO, THAT THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION STARTED CRACKING
DOWN ON THESE BIRTH TOURISM
BUSINESSES, SAY OUT IN LOS
ANGELES, THAT THERE WERE A
NUMBER OF RAIDS BEFORE PRESIDENT
OBAMA LEFT OFFICE.
SO THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT NOT
JUST THIS PRESIDENT HAS BEEN --
ADDRESSING AND THAT ACKNOWLEDGES
THAT BIRTH TOURISM IS A WEIGHT
ON THE COUNTRY.
>> THE MAJORITY OF OUR HISTORY,
PERSONHOOD HAS BEEN DETERMINED
BY CITIZENSHIP.
IT'S ONLY A MORE MODERN
CONVENTION THAT THE IDEA IS ANY
PERSON, NOT THAT A PERSON ISN'T
A PERSON, THAT FOR LEGAL
PURPOSES OF OUR COUNTRY,
CITIZENSHIP IS HOW THE 14th
AMENDMENT IS APPLIED.
THIS WILL BE A BIG TEST OF THAT.
MARIA: IS IT ANY PERSON OR IS
IT A CITIZEN OF AMERICA?
AND THE PRESIDENT TELLS AXIOS
WE'RE IN ONLY COUNTRY IN A WORLD
WHERE A PERSON COMES IN, HAS A
BABY AND THE BABY IS ESSENTIALLY
A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES
WITH ALL OF THE BENEFITS THAT
COME WITH.
IT'S RIDICULOUS AND IT HAS TO
END.
IT'S IN THE PROCESS.
IT WILL WITH AN EXECUTIVE ORDER,
HE SAYS, THIS IS TO AXIOS.
AS YOU SAY, THIS WILL BE THE
CONVERSATION GOING INTO THE
MIDTERM ELECTIONS.
LET ME ASK YOU THIS,
CONGRESSMAN, JIM JORDAN IS
TWEETING ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S
ACCOMPLISHMENTS, TALKING ABOUT
CUTTING TAXES, THE CONFIRMATION
OF SUPREME COURT JUSTICE,
ROLLING BACK OF REGULATIONS, ALL
OF THESE THINGS, LOWEST
UNEMPLOYMENT IN 40 YEARS, OUT OF
THE RAN
THE IAN
THE IRAN DEAL.
WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT DO YOU
THINK FOR YOUR CONSTITUENTS IN
OHIO?
>>
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?, HOW ARE YOU FEELING ABOUT THE
MIDTERMS?
>> I WAS WITH JIM JORDAN
YESTERDAY.
WE WERE MEETING WITH COMPANIES
WHO WERE GROWING AND TALKING TO
EMPLOYEES WHO WERE HAPPY WITH
WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.
IT COMES DOWN TO JOBS AND THE
ECONOMY.
WHEN I'M TRAVELING THE STATE IN
OHIO, PEOPLE ARE SAYING, LOOK,
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE
GOOD JOBS, GOOD PAYING JOBS,
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING
HAPPENING.
WE'RE HAPPY WITH WHAT'S GOING ON
IN THE LAST 16 MONTHS VERSUS THE
PREVIOUS 10 YEARS.
IN THE END, THAT'S WHAT THE
PRESIDENT NEEDS TO CONTINUE TO
TALK ABOUT WHEN HE COMES TO OHIO
A AND AGAIN, JIM AND I SAW THAT
LAST -- YESTERDAY WHEN WE MET
WITH FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT
COMPANIES, SAW HOW THEY WERE
BOOMING, HOW THEY'RE GROWING,
HOW THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THE
REVENUES ARE UP, THEY'RE GOING
TO CONTINUE TO ADD EMPLOYEES.
THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING IN
OHIO.
I THINK THIS IS WHAT'S
IMPORTANT.
MARIA: WE'VE GOT POLITICAL
DIVISIONS OUT THERE.
JEFF SESSIONS WAS INTERRUPTED BY
PROTESTERS YESTERDAY DURING A
SPEECH AND THEN YOU'VE GOT
EXPECTATIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO
SEE THE MAJORITY GO TO THE
DEMOCRATS.
HOW ARE YOU FEELING ABOUT THE
HOUSE RIGHT NOW, SEVEN DAYS
AWAY?
DO YOU THINK THE DEMOCRATS ARE
GOING TO WIN?
I KNOW IT'S TIGHT IN A NUMBER OF
RACES.
HOW DO YOU SEE IT?
>> WELL, LOOK, HERE'S WHAT I
THINK.
I THINK THE AMERICAN PEOPLE NEED
TO LOOK AND SEE EXACTLY WHAT THE
REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
DELIVER WITH THIS PRESIDENT AND
DO THEY REALLY WANT PEOPLE LIKE
MAXINE WATERS TO BE THE CHAIR
WOMAN OF FINANCIAL SERVICES AND
SOME OF THESE OTHER CHAIRS AND
GET BACK TO GRIDLOCK,
IMPEACHMENT, ALL THOSE THINGS.
I THINK THAT'S THE CONCERN.
I'M HOPING THAT THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE WEE
PEOPLE REE
PEOPLE REALIZE WE CAN CONTINUE
TO MOVE FORWARD WITH WHAT WE
HAVE, WITH A GROWING AND BOOMING
ECONOMY OR WE CAN MOVE
BACKWARDS.
SO IN THE END, I REALLY DO RELY
ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO GET
OUT AND VOTE AND MAKE SURE THEY
HAVE THEIR VOICE HEARD AND IN
THE END MOVE THIS COUNTRY,
CONTINUE TO MOVE THIS COUNTRY
FORWARD.
MARIA: GOOD TO SEE YOU THIS