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I think that in the answers that I've given is that the President has been, and I think part of the reason that this is complicated and one of the reasons he's wrestled with this back and forth In large part is because this is not an easy one, and certainly something where he wants to be able to make a decision with compassion. But at the same time, you can't allow emotion to govern, and this has to be something where the law is put in place. And it's something that he would support if Congress puts it before him. Would he support it if it came with [ CROSSTALK ] Immigration reform. We can't just have one tweak to the immigration system. We need really big fixes and big reform in this process. And we've laid out the principles that we feel are important in that. Today we heard in a statement from Town Speaker Paul Ryan, who said that these so- called dreamers I've done nothing wrong. Was this a difficult decision for the President to take this drastic action, given what he said as recently as February and does he agree with how Speaker Paul Ryan, and these individuals, 800, 000 individuals have done nothing wrong. I think, largely, yes. And that's why I said it was one of the things that the President wrestled with this decision all throughout the weekend. So, I kinda addressed that. So I think that's pretty clear. It was just this weekend that he wrestled with it. It wasn't leading up to it. Well, no. I think we've been clear throughout the process. There wasn't a final decision made until over the weekend because of the back and forth, and the complexity of the issue. The ability to make the right decision and allow Congress to actually do their job and provide a fix instead of just stopping the program. 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