“If the House is going to wait for 60 senators to figure out an immigration bill first, we might as well all go home and take a nap”, House Republican Mark Meadows said on Twitter.
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Schumer blasted Trump, saying the president “has not been constructive” during weeks of negotiations on immigration policy and “seems eager to spike the latest bipartisan compromise potentially with a veto”.
Sen. James M. Inhofe, Oklahoma Republican, introduced a measure that would make English the official USA language. The outcome suggested there may be no permanent solution soon to help the Dreamers, who were brought to the USA as children, despite their sky-high support in public polling. And since this Congress rarely does things it doesn’t need to, I would expect them to take “advantage” of the delay by not fixing any immigration issues.
Trump’s September order that he would end DACA on March 5 was followed by a series of mixed signals on whether he would follow through.
Washington, DC, United States- The US Senate began a major, free-for-all immigration debate, its first in almost five years, on Monday evening that could decide the fate of at least 700,000 “Dreamer” immigrants, young people brought into the country illegally years ago as children. Democrats, he told reporters at the White House, have been “talking about DACA for many years and they haven’t produced”.
Republican Senator Jeff Flake, one of the bipartisan plan’s architects, said he would try to advance it despite Trump’s backing for the Grassley bill. The one on the family-based, I think, has room in there on both sides where we can actually get the solution that we’re all looking for.
That scenario wasn’t in sight Thursday.
GOP Senator Lindsey Graham of SC, one of the negotiators on the bipartisan plan, said in a statement that DHS was acting “like a political organization intent on poisoning the well”.
The Trump administration is working Thursday to kill a bipartisan deal on immigration that could be the best chance to get a bill through the Senate.
The proposal backed by Trump garnered the fewest votes of all, leading Democrats to complain the president’s uncompromising approach was sinking bipartisan efforts in Congress.
Another 1.1 million were eligible but did not sign up. But that plan also included $25 billion to build his border wall with Mexico and enact other border security measures, tighter curbs on relatives whom legal immigrants could sponsor for citizenship and an end to a visa lottery that encourages immigration from diverse nations.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks to reporters as he leaves the office of Sen.
“But it is politically damaging, and that is what we are seeing from the statement from the press secretary”, Culhane said.
“The Democrats have been pleading for months and months and months for justice on this”, Grassley said. As part of a deal with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Democrats were given this week to come up with a solution that could pass the Senate.
So, all four immigration proposals failed Thursday in the Senate, where they needed 60 votes to pass.
The final two pillars proved to be too much for Democrats to swallow. Democrats reject those proposals.
The Senate voted 54-45 in favor of the legislation, six votes shy. Republicans control the chamber 51-49, though Sen. Kamala Harris, D-California, who’s viewed as a 2020 presidential hopeful. Moderates hoped that a “two pillar” deal would win over enough Republicans, especially since it contained $25 billion in funding for a border wall over 10 years.
President Donald Trump backs more sweeping reforms that would add limits to the current system of family-based immigration and prioritize newcomers who have advanced work skills. The White House has been very clear on the terms it will accept for granting a path to citizenship for DACA recipients and normalization of the program.
Third: The so-called Common Sense Caucus, a large bipartisan group led by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) would make steep cuts in legal immigration in exchange for protection for DACA recipients.
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The president has been vocal about what he wants to see in any immigration bill, adding pressure to the debate as senators try to balance Trump’s priorities with a resolution that can get 60 votes.
