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Swordsmyth
09-14-2017, 08:32 PM
Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., the chairman of the hardline House Freedom Caucus, says conservatives should not be concerned about reports President Trump has struck an immigration deal with Democrats, because the Freedom Caucus is taking the lead in drafting the bill.Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., ignited a firestorm Wednesday night by suggesting they had struck a deal with Trump to pass legislation protecting from deportation undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children. Trump has since said that there is no deal on a bill (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/09/14/trump-says-no-deal-reached-dems-over-dreamers-border-wall/665109001/), only an agreement to work together, and he emphasized that any bill would have to include major enhancements to border security.
Immigration hardliner Rep Steve King, R-Iowa, summed up conservatives' outrage on Twitter, accusing Trump of supporting "amnesty" for illegal immigrants.

Reagan led with Amnesty, 1986. Bush43 led with Amnesty '06, Obama led with Amnesty '13. All failed so...Trump leads with DACA Amnesty 2017.
— Steve King (@SteveKingIA) September 14, 2017 (https://twitter.com/SteveKingIA/status/908290932621156357)


But Meadows downplayed talk of a deal Thursday, because he said members of his caucus are working in conjunction with the White House to get conservative legislative proposals drafted.
“We’re working very closely with the administration and conservative members of Congress … on how to address this (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) issue," Meadows said in an interview with USA TODAY. “We’re coming up with legislative proposals that we believe would get a lot of conservative support” and plan to share them with Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and the White House.

More at: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/09/14/mark-meadows-freedom-caucus-working-very-closely-white-house-write-daca-legislation/667619001/

Swordsmyth
09-15-2017, 12:54 AM
President Trump said Thursday he's close to a deal with Congress that would protect young undocumented immigrants who came into the country illegally as children — and suggested that he wouldn't let his insistence on a Mexican border wall get in the way. "The wall will come later," he said.
News of a possible breakthrough came after Trump dined with House Rep. Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Charles Schumer, the top Democrats in the House and Senate, at the White House on Wednesday. It's the second time in as many weeks that Trump seemed to bypass his own party to talk directly with opposition leaders.
And although Trump and the Democrats later didn't agree on what they agreed to, both sides suggested Trump's campaign promise to build a border wall is no longer the main sticking point.
Trump — who promised to take his deal-making skills to the Oval Office but has been unable so far to get Congress to pass his major priorities such as repealing Obamacare — appeared eager for an agreement this time.
"We have to get things passed, and if we can't get things passed then we have to go a different route," Trump said aboard Air Force One on his way back from hurricane-ravaged Florida.
But Trump also made clear he's not taking the wall entirely off the table: "They cannot obstruct for a wall because we definitely need a wall," he said.
The driving force behind a broader immigration bill is an Obama-era program known as DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which delayed deportations and gave quasi-legal status to the foreign-born children of immigrants who came to the country illegally. Trump suspended that program this month, giving Congress six months to come up with a legislative solution before ordering deportations to begin.
Trump has expressed sympathy for the so-called DREAMers, but is also using them as leverage to get a bill that would also include stronger border security measures.
"We're working on a plan, subject to getting massive border controls. We're working on a plan for DACA. People want to see that happen. You have 800,000 young people, brought here, no fault of their own," Trump said. "We'll see what happens, but something will happen."
The idea that Trump would de-link border wall funding from those talks prompted a day-long scramble on Capitol Hill to redefine the terms of negotiation over the bill.
Schumer called the agreement a "framework," but Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan downplayed the significance of the cross-party talks.
"It was a discussion, not an agreement or a negotiation," Ryan said. "You cannot fix DACA without fixing the root cause of our problem. We do not have control of our borders." The president, Ryan added, "understands he has to work with the congressional majorities to get any kind of legislative solution."
Pelosi said Democrats thought they had an agreement to incorporate the DREAM Act into the immigration package, with the border wall dealt with separately.
The DREAM Act is a bipartisan bill that would not just protect the DACA recipients from deportation, but also give them a way to earn citizenship. “I do believe there is an understanding that down the road there is an eventual path to citizenship,” she said.
But asked Thursday if he favors amnesty for undocumented immigrants Thursday, Trump shouted back to reporters, "The word is DACA."
The talks appear to be part of a shift in strategy for Trump, who cut a separate deal with Democrats last week over the budget. That deal that included a suspension of the debt limit, short-term spending to keep the government open through December, and $15 billion in hurricane relief — to the consternation of some Republicans who felt he gave up too much.
But this time, Trump insisted that GOP leaders are "very much on board."
The Trump-Pelosi-Schumer summit also ignited a firestorm of protests among Trump's right-wing base, especially among conservative talkers.
"At this point, who DOESN'T want Trump impeached?" asked Ann Coulter (https://twitter.com/AnnCoulter/status/908285561194078208). Mark Levin called him a RINO — a Republican in name only. "Is he this ignorant?" asked Rush Limbaugh.
House conservatives had a mixed reaction to the development. Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., said border security has always been a broader issue than the wall. "You can tunnel under a wall," he said.
"Obviously the Trump voter is not in favor of amnesty," he said. But most undocumented immigrants aren't seeking citizenship, he said — just the ability to work without fear of deportation.
"It's a very complex issue that we're not going to solve in one dinner with two Democrats," said Meadows, chairman of the House Freedom Caucus.

More at: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/09/14/trump-says-no-deal-reached-dems-over-dreamers-border-wall/665109001/

Swordsmyth
09-15-2017, 02:54 PM
President Donald Trump on Friday tweeted (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/908676979561570304) a new condition for a potential deal with Democrats that could become a sticking point in negotiations (http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-chain-migration-immigration-democrats-2017-9)."CHAIN MIGRATION cannot be allowed to be part of any legislation on Immigration!" he wrote.

More at: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-just-said-daca-deal-151329244.html

dannno
09-15-2017, 03:05 PM
This makes some people here look really silly.

Swordsmyth
09-16-2017, 01:49 AM
Trump pushed back. "We're not looking at citizenship, we're not looking at amnesty," he said.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/tough-talking-trump-looks-soothe-republican-172219233.html

Swordsmyth
09-16-2017, 02:20 PM
Following a Wednesday dinner meeting with Senators Nancy Pelosi (D-Cali) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY), many came away with the idea that the president had caved on his proposal to construct a “big, beautiful” wall on the southern border.
But comments to reporters from the president Thursday made clear he had not relented on the wall, a centerpiece of his presidential campaign.
“The wall will not be obstructed, because without the wall I wouldn’t do anything,” Trump says.
“The wall — at some point, they’re going to have to — they cannot obstruct the wall,” Trump told reporters. “The wall, to me, is vital. If I don’t get the wall, then we will become the obstructionists.”

“We have to have an understanding that whether it’s in the budget or some other vehicle in a fairly short period of time, the wall will be funded. Otherwise, we’re not doing anything.”

https://www.infowars.com/trump-if-we-dont-get-wall-we-become-the-obstructionists/