CNN's Toobin: Trump's immigration policy is being shaped by “Fox News people who care deeply about cracking down on immigration”

Jeffrey Toobin: “DACA only applies to people who've grown up in this country. ... You can't come across the border and take advantage of DACA”

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From the April 2 edition of CNN's New Day:

JEFFREY TOOBIN (CNN CHIEF LEGAL ANALYST): Look who he was with this weekend. It was all these Fox News people who care deeply about cracking down on immigration, and that's what we see, including statements like “people are coming across the border to take advantage of DACA,” which is just factually inaccurate. DACA only applies to people who've grown up in this country. 

ALISYN CAMEROTA (CO-HOST): And who were here in 2007. 

TOOBIN: Right. You can't come across the border and take advantage of DACA. But that -- that's the people that he's getting advice from and that's the policy [inaudible].

Previously:

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