Kelly: DHS not targeting 'dreamers'

KNOWN AS DREAMERS.
THE PRESIDENT TOLD THE
ASSOCIATED PRESS ON FRIDAY THAT
PEOPLE WHO WERE BROUGHT TO THIS
COUNTRY TO THE U.S. ILLEGALLY,
AS CHILDREN, SHOULD "REST EASY"
ABOUT HIS IMMIGRATION POLICY,
AND YET ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF
SESSIONS HAD THIS TO SAY.
TAKE A LISTEN.
>> EVERYBODY IN THE COUNTRY
ILLEGALLY IS SUBJECT TO BEING
DEPORTED.
SO PEOPLE COME HERE AND THEY
STAY HERE A FEW YEARS AND
SOMEHOW THEY THINK THEY'RE NOT
SUBJECT TO BEING DEPORTED.
WELL, THEY ARE.
>> SO SECRETARY KELLY, WHICH IS
IT?
ARE THESE DREAMERS SUBJECT TO
BEING DEPORTED OR SHOULD THEY
REST EASY, AS THE PRESIDENT
SAID?
>> WELL, I'D CERTAINLY GO WITH
WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAID BUT THE
POINT I THINK THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL IS MAKING IS THEY ARE
HERE UNLAWFULLY, AND ARE SUBJECT
TO DEPORTATION.
THAT'S WHAT THE LAW SAYS.
NOW, WHAT WE ACTUALLY DO IS
ANOTHER STORY AND AS I SAY, WE
ARE NOT TARGETING, MY
ORGANIZATION HAS NOT TARGETED
THESE SO-CALLED DREAMERS, DACA,
AND WE HAVE MANY, MANY MORE
IMPORTANT CRIMINALS TO GO AFTER
AND GET RID OF, AND NOT THE
DACAs.
>> JUST TO BE SPECIFICAL WHAT H
THE PRESIDENT SAID TO YOU AND
WHAT IS HE COMMUNICATING HE
WANTS YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT TO
DO.
DOES HE WANT YOU TO GO AFTER
THESE DREAMERS OR IS HE
EXPLICITLY SAYING LEAVE THEM
AL
AL
ALONE, DON'T TARGET THEM?
>> THE PRESIDENT TOLD ME TO DO
TWO THINGS.
HE TOLD ME TO SECURE THE
SOUTHWEST BORDER, ALL OF OUR
BORDERS AND OF COURSE FOCUSING
NOW ON THE SOUTHWEST BORDER, AND
TO TAKE THE WORST OF THOSE THAT
ARE IN OUR COUNTRY ILLEGALLY,
TAKE THEM, LOOK FOR THEM AND
DEPORT THEM, SO THAT'S WHAT I'M
DOING.
>> AT A RECENT PRESS CONFERENCE
THE LAPD CHIEF CHARLIE BECK SAID
THERE'S ACTUALLY BEEN A 25% DROP
IN REPORTS OF RAPE AMONG THE
CITY'S LATINO POPULATION SINCE
THE BEGINNING OF 2017, AND A 10%
DROP IN REPORTS OF DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE, WITH NO SUCH SIMILAR
DROPS AMONG OTHER GROUPS.
LISTEN TO WHAT THE CHIEF SAID.
>> IMAGINE A YOUNG WOMAN,
IMAGINE YOUR DAUGHTER, YOUR
SISTER, YOUR MOTHER, YOUR FRIEND
NOT REPORTING A SEXUAL ASSAULT
BECAUSE THEY ARE AFRAID THAT
THEIR FAMILY WILL BE TORN APART
BY DOING SO.
>> MR. SECRETARY, HE IS ARGUING
THAT YOUR GET TOUGH POLICY IS
MAKING PEOPLE LESS SAFE RATHER.
WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE?
>> WELL, CERTAINLY THE POLICE
CHIEF IS A HERO IN MY MIND.
WE'RE OBVIOUSLY LOCALLY WHERE
THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD BUT
HE'S GOT HIS JOB TO DO, I'VE GOT
MY JOB TO DO.
AS I'VE SAID REPEATEDLY, DANA,
THE ILLEGAL ALIENS WE'RE GOING
AFTER ARE NOT, IF YOU WILL,
SIMPLE, SIMPLY HERE ILLEGALLY.
WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING AFTER THE
VERY PEOPLE THAT THE SHERIFF
REFERENCES, IN TERMS OF
CRIMINALS THAT HAPPEN TO BE HERE
ALSO ILLEGALLY.
AND I WOULD JUST HIGHLIGHT THE
FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN
REPORT CRIMES AND NOT GIVE YOUR
NAME.
I MEAN, THE 911 PROCESS IS
ANONYMOUS, IF YOU WANT IT TO BE,
BUT AGAIN, I DON'T HAVE FACTS
AND FIGURES.
I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT IT.
I HEAR THIS A LOT, THAT THE
REPORTS ARE DOWN AND ALL THAT.
I WOULD JUST AGAIN TELL THE
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY, IF
YOU ARE SIMPLY HERE ILLEGALLY,
WE DON'T REALLY HAVE THE TIME TO
GO AFTER YOU.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR BAD MEN AND
WOMEN AND WE'RE DOING THAT VERY,
VERY EFFECTIVELY.
>> I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR.
YOU ARE USING THIS FOR TOUM TO D
A MESSAGE TO WOMEN RAPED, OTHER
PEOPLE WHO ARE ABUSED, VICTIMS
OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, THAT THEY
SHOULD STILL FEEL COMFORTABLE TO
COME FORWARD AND REPORT THAT
CRIME?
>> I THINK IT'S THEIR DUTY TO DO
THAT, BUT YES, THEY SHOULD FEEL
COMFORTABLE DOING IT.
>> BUT THWITHOUT FEAR OF GETTIN
DEPORTED?
>> WE ARE NOT -- WELL I WOULD
SAY IF THEY'RE ALSO CRIMINALS,
THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY.
BUT IF THEY'RE SIMPLY HERE

Kelly: DHS not targeting 'dreamers'

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