With the president taking swift action on his first day in office.

Democratic attorneys general around the country are preparing for new legal challenges and ways to preempt rollbacks of Biden era policies.

That includes New Jersey's Matt Platkin, who's previously told us he's ready to work with the president but also won't be afraid to challenge his policies.

Attorney General Platkin joins me now to discuss how his office is preparing for the new administration.

Attorney general Platkin, thanks for coming on the show.

I have been receiving and I'm sure your office has been as well.

Phone calls and text messages and emails from, quite a few grassroots progressive groups in the state who say that they're concerned about the executive actions that the president laid out today in their speech.

They're asking for you and the governor to provide what they say is strength and clarity around some of these items.

And I'll start with immigration.

And what you heard today from the president, and how you plan to work with the administration, with the power of your office on some of these priorities outlined.

Well, first of all, thank you for having me, Brianna.

And regardless of where you land on the political spectrum, I think the peaceful transfer of power is something that we should all respect and be proud of as Americans.

Obviously, I've said since November the 5th, the president is entitled to put forth a policy agenda that he sees fit for the country, but he is not entitled to violate the law or the Constitution of this nation.

And some of the things he's talked about in his speech today or that has been written about both before and during the course of today, we know, would do just that.

So ending birthright citizenship, for instance, something that dates back to the 14th amendment, enshrined in the Constitution, is something that we will not simply let stand.

And so we're prepared to defend the rule of law, defend the rights of our residents, and protect them from being hurt.

Should that come to pass?

You spoke this weekend at a, statewide, initiative to help folks who are known as dreamers, DACA recipients, folks who were brought here as young children and many of whom are now working adults or in college.

What did you tell them about how your office plans to use its power to defend their rights?

Well, I've stood with dreamers for many years now, and I'm proud to do so.

Dreamers are people who only know this country, who have businesses here, who pay taxes here, who abide by our laws, who have American children here, who are part of the fabric of our state and of this nation.

And I've been proud to defend them, just as new Jersey has defended dreamers right to be here for six years now, successfully maintaining the DACA program, which President Obama started in 2012.

And what I said to them is the same thing I would say to every resident of the state, I care deeply about public safety.

I care deeply about the safety of our residents.

And by the way, you're safer from things like gun violence in new Jersey than you've literally ever been.

But people who are here, who pay taxes, who run businesses, who know this, only this country, the idea that they're not committing any crimes, and we're just going to round them up and send them back and tell their American born children, we're sorry, but you got to go back to a country that you've literally never been to.

That is not something that in new Jersey we stand for.

I'm thinking about reproductive rights.

The governor, in his state of the state speech said that he's, his administration has begun stockpiling, if a person own the abortion pill.

Is there something that you see fit?

Something like, helping to ensure an amendment to the state constitution to enshrine more reproductive rights?

Or do you feel like we're in a good position where we are?

Well, first of all, I applaud the governor for stockpiling mifepristone.

Unfortunately, that's a reality that we have to consider, given that during the course of his campaign, President Trump said, as well as did several of his associates, that they would, for instance, invoke the Comstock Act 150 year old law to shut down transportation and medication assisted abortion, which is what I'm the first on, is attorney general in Platkin.

Thanks so much for your time today.

Thank you, Brianna, I appreciate you having me on.