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   >>> it is safe to say that michele bachmann 's campaign has cooled off a bit considering the " des moines register " shows her with 8% of support with caucus goers. lagging behind herman cain and mid-romney, she is doing her best to stay in the spotlight, but not all press is good press necessarily. the critics are fired up. take a look at this.

   >> what about the kids who came here by no fault of their own when they were babies. these guys were my friends and the guys who sit next to me in class and my neighbors. what would you do to them?

   >> i'm not doing anything to them. their parents are the ones who brought them here. they did not have the legal right to come into the united states . so we do not owe people who broke our laws.

   >> michele bachmann was not finished suggesting a bar citizen to children of illegal immigrants she said we have to end this anchor baby program. the student who asked the question, until a few hours ago an office for the young democrats in iowa and joins us now. you were telling us and understand that you just got fired?

   >> pretty much what happened.

   >> what happened?

   >> you know, in that article when i had talked to michele bachmann , they asked me a couple of questions and said who would you vote for in 2012 . i said i'm open to voting for a republican and i stand by it. if they want to shut me out for that, that's fine.

   >> which republican you might vote for and back to the issue that you were responding to that got so much interest as of right now. you asked that question about what she is calling anchor babies . why did you ask that question?

   >> what she is talking about is different from what i was asking. she is talking about an anchor baby . that by definition is an illegal couple comes into the united states and has a baby to help them stay here. that's not what i was asking. i asked what happens to the children of the undocumented citizens who came over and these kid who is couldn't even speak and through no fault of their own were brought because america is all they know.

   >> bachmann also said that, quote, i'm not doing anything to them. a lot of people are taking offense to that response. were you satisfied with her response when you were asking about those parents who brought over a baby with them?

   >> absolutely not. their response was entirely inadequate. and here's why. she said, she's not doing anything to them, but by definition, she is, because she's deporting them. that's what she wants to do and she said it in the statement. so the idea that these folks who, again, by no fault of their own, were brought to the united states and know nothing else but america, are going to be deported to a foreign land, well, you know, that cow don't hold no mil for me.

   >> you know, roy, i was at a civil rights conference over this past week in california and got to meet three dreamers. dreamers are those who might take advantage of a law, state or federal, that would allow them to stay or get certain tuition fees that would be in-state. service certainly tough for them to describe what it was like to come out to either teachers, their family, or the environment that they're in. so you were alluding in your question here to your friends. what are they going through right now in dealing with this question of how and should i come out with being undocumented in the united states ?

   >> well, obviously, i can't give you any names, but what i can do is this.

   >> i don't want any names. i just want their response.

   >> these guys, they sat next to me in high school and we all pledged allegiance to the same flag, most of them only know english as their first language, so these guys are finding it very tough. because when they want to go to college, number one, their families are working jobs that pay below minimum wage most of the time. number two, they can't get any federal assistance , sometimes they get state assistance, but if the republicans get their way, that'll be wiped out too.

   >> roy, sorry to hear that you lost your job, but you'll probably bounce back. thank you for your time.

   >> thank you.

   >>> now our play of the day. herman cain 's gospel serenade at the national press club .

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