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>> Evrod: THANK YOU.
>> Rhonda: 6:34 IS YOUR TIME.
PROTESTS ERUPTED ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, INCLUDING AT DETROIT'S
METRO AIRPORT.
FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT DAY,
DEMONSTRATORS GATHERED AT
AIRPORTS NATIONWIDE.
THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS GATHERED
TO PROTEST THE EXECUTIVE ORDER
THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNED ON
FRIDAY TO BAN THOSE FROM FREEDOM
NANTLY MUSLIM COUNTRIES.
>> WE HAVE TO START BECOMING A
COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE HELPING ONE
ANOTHER.
THIS -- WHAT HE'S DOING
SON-IN-LAW FURTHER ISOLATING
EVERYBODY, AND THAT'S NOT GONNA
HELP OUR PROBLEM AT ALL.
>> Rhonda: MORE THAN 2,000
PEOPLE PARTICIPATED IN FIVE
LOCATIONS AT THE McNAMARA
TERMINAL.
DETROIT.
NO ARRESTS WERE MADE AND ALL OF
THE DEMONSTRATIONS WERE
PEACEFUL.
JOINING ME IN THE STUDIO IS
MICHIGAN REPRESENTATIVE DEBBIE
DINGELL AND THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US!
WE SHOULD MENTION ON SUNDAY,
MINORITY LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER
TEARFULLY SPOKE OUT AGAINST THE
EXECUTIVE ORDER BY DONALD TRUMP.
AND LOOKING AT THE DEMOGRAPHIC
OF THE PEOPLE IN YOUR DISTRICT,
THIS REALLY HAS A BIG IMPACT.
>> IT'S BEEN A LONG WEEKEND.
PEOPLE ARE SCARED.
I'VE HAD MANY, MANY CALLS OF
PEOPLE NOT KNOWING WHAT THE
MEANING IS.
THIS WAS NOT A WELL THOUGHT OUT
EXECUTIVE ORDER.
ALL OF US CARE ABOUT NATIONAL
SECURITY, NO QUESTION ABOUT
THAT.
BUT NOBODY KNOWS WHAT IT MEANS
WITH THE GREEN CARD.
AND I WASN'T JUST PEOPLE WITH
GREEN CARDS FROM THOSE SEVEN
COUNTRIES.
BORDER.
NOBODY WAS GIVING US INFORMATION
ABOUT WHETHER PEOPLE WERE BEING
AIRPORT.
I MESS WITH LEGISLATORS AND
GOVERNOR MCAULIFFE ON SATURDAY
BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO DO SOME
THINGS TODAY TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE ARE PROTECTING -- WE NEED TO
PROTECT OUR NATIONAL SECURITY,
BUT THAT MEANS PROTECTING THE
FUNDAMENTAL PILLARS OF OUR
CONSTITUTION WHICH IS FREEDOM OF
AS WELL.
>> Rhonda: TALK ABOUT THE
EFFORTS ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE,
WITH REPUBLICANS ABOUT THEIR
PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT'S HAPPENING?
TOGETHER.
THIS ISN'T REPUBLICAN O
DEMOCRATIC, BUT IT'S AMERICANS.
IT WAS AMERICANS AT THE AIRPORT.
I WANT TO SAY ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENED AT THE AIRPORT.
KIDS ORGANIZED IT.
PHOEBE CALLED ME ON SATURDAY AND
THEY ORGANIZED IN 24 HOURS AND
ALL YOUNG PEOPLE.
BUT WHEN YOU GOT THERE, THERE
WERE PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE
STATE, FROM ALL DEMOGRAPHICS,
YOUNG AND OLD, ALL KINDS OF
PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY WERE WORRIED
COUNTRY.
THEY WERE IMMIGRANTS.
AND HOW DO WE MAKE SURE WE'RE
NOT ATTACKING PEOPLE BECAUSE OF
FREEDOM OF RELIGION.
>> Rhonda: THERE'S A 90-DAY BAN
THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP WANTS TO
TAKE IN ORDER TO REALLY LOOK AT
THE IMMIGRATION POLICIES, THE
POLICIES ON REFUGEES OVERALL.
DON'T YOU THINK THAT'S
IMPORTANT, THOUGH?
>> WE HAVE TO BEGIN TO, BY THE
WAY, PUT A LOT OF THINGS INTO
DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
IT'S VERY COMPLEX.
THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT
CASES AND ISSUES.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE SAFE,
AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO KEEP
SAYING.
THIS IS A FALSE PREMISE.
EVERYBODY NEEDS TO MAKE SURE
IT'S OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.
BUT WE'VE ALREADY GOT ONE OF THE
PROCESSES.
SO IF SOMEONE HAD A GREEN CARD,
THAT'S A CARD FOR THEM TO RESIDE
HERE AND THEY'VE GONE THROUGH A
VIGOROUS SCREENING PROCESS.
>> Rhonda: A TWO-YEAR PROCESS AS
I UNDERSTAND IT.
FOUR.
IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS, THEY ASK
THE QUESTIONS.
THESE ARE FAMILIES.
I'VE HAD CASE WORK OVER THE
WEEKEND OF A WOMAN WHOSE IN IRAN
AND HER MOTHER WAS SICK AND
SUPPOSED TO COME BACK.
GOVERNOR MCAULIFFE OF VIRGINIA,
WENT OUT TO DULLES AIRPORT
BECAUSE HE GOT WORD THERE WERE
TWO CHILDREN WHO HAD AMERICAN
PASSPORTS BEING DETAINED.
WE HAVE TO REMEMBER WHO WE ARE
AS AMERICANS.
AND BENJAMIN FRANKLIN FAMOUSLY
SAID, THOSE WHO GIVE UP LIBERTY
NEITHER.
WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL.
AND THERE ARE REPUBLICANS,
SENATOR CORKER, SENATOR PORTMAN
FROM OHIO, HAVE ALL EXPRESSED
CONCERNS ABOUT THINKING IT
THROUGH.
SO I'M HOPING THAT WHEN WE GO
BACK TODAY, THAT WE WILL HAVE A
BIPARTISAN GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT
CONSTITUTION.
>> Rhonda: DEBBIE, THANK YOU FOR
OFF TO WASHINGTON AND KEEP US