The journalists at CBS This Morning on Wednesday openly fretted that Donald Trump’s new immigration orders “could create a climate of fear” for illegal “citizens.” (Yes, co-host Gayle King used the word “citizen.”) Talking to USA Today bureau chief Susan Page, Anthony Mason worried, “This could create a climate of fear in the immigrant community, if it hasn't already.”

Page agreed, “I think it has.” She justified, “Remember that two-thirds of illegal immigrants have been here at least a decade. So, they're really part of the fabric of our life. Although, admittedly, they're here illegally.”

King insisted, “But they've been contributing citizens to this country.” For the record, the dictionary definition of citizen is “a native or naturalized member of a state or nation who owes allegiance to its government and is entitled to its protection.”

King conceded that “most people” think if you are in the country illegally and have committed a crime, you should go back. She added, “But this policy seems to take it one step further than that. Does it?”

Page warned:

It takes it three steps further than that. It doesn't change the law. The law is the same as it has been for recent administrations. It's a big shift in attitude, not only from the Obama administration, but also from the George W. Bush administration.

A transcript of the segment is below:

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