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Posted on 02/28/2017 5:30:22 PM PST by TBP
There are reports that President Trump might call for some kind of amnesty for illegal aliens who have not committed serious crimes in his address to a joint session of Congress Tuesday.
The reports came after journalists attended a White House luncheon Tuesday and cited a “senior White House official” for the statement on the controversial issue.
NBC’s Lester Holt and Chuck Todd are quoting a White House official as saying Trump may issue a call for immigration “compromise,” while Dara Lind of Vox contributed a full quote from the official, saying “The time is right for an immigration bill if both sides are willing to compromise.”
George Stephanopoulos of NBC characterized the White House official’s statement as indicating the president “believes now may be time for immigration bill that has compromise on all sides.”
“The word that President Trump may ask lawmakers to tackle comprehensive immigration reform sparked quick reaction up on Capitol Hill,” Blitzer said, then asked CNN’s senior congressional reporter Manu Raju, “Manu what are you hearing?”
“Well, mixed reaction Wolf, even on the Republican side of the aisle,” Raju explained.
Some conservatives who have pushed for tougher border security measures don’t want to go this route, including Steve Scalise (R-La.) one of the members of the Republican leadership telling our colleague Deirdre Walsh that, “I want us to secure our border, that needs to be our priority, not a compromise bill.”
But some other Republicans open to the idea, including Marco Rubio of Florida, who also told our colleague Ashley Killough that actually he could be open to something like this. Of course he tried to cut that immigration deal in 2013. And on the Democratic side a lot of skepticism including from Oregon’s Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) who I talked to about this idea, possibly of giving legal status to people who are here undocumented but haven’t committed serious crimes. He wasn’t so sure about that idea. “I would have to see the details of any proposal,” said Wyden to Raju. “Certainly if he is looking at something bipartisan, he’s gonna have to walk some of the statements that he has made time after time after time. Which would in effect would say that there would be a lot of focus by immigration authorities like ICE on people who haven’t committed any serious crimes.”
When asked by Raju, “Would you be open to any citizenship just legal status?” Wyden responded, “I’d have to see the details.”
“Indeed and also,” Raju continued, “the Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer was asked ‘is there any compromise bill that you believe that Donald Trump could get behind that you could get behind,’ and he said that ‘he’s got a lot to undo.'”
However, leaks of this nature have come out of the administration many times before and been completely discredited, leading some to speculate that Trump is orchestrating leaks for the sake of undermining the credibility of the media. And, as some have noted, they could have been reporting on idle speculation by a White House official that was being seriously considered but may not make it into the final draft of the speech.
Trump had called for all illegal aliens to be deported, but has since walked back his position and said that perhaps some could stay if they hadn’t committed serious crimes. Many hard-line Republicans are demanding no concessions be given at all to the illegal alien advocates who are now organizing “underground railroad” homes to house illegals from ICE deportations. Democrats are also planning to bring recipients of Obama’s amnesty to Trump’s address Tuesday.
The Trump administration could be open to providing legal status to undocumented immigrants who have not committed serious crimes, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday, signaling a major shift in his immigration policy.
Trump could make the call for an immigration bill during his first joint address to Congress on Tuesday night in a speech that could call for compromise on a number of fronts.
“The time is right for an immigration bill if both sides are willing to compromise,” Trump said, adding that individuals seeking legal status would not need to leave the country first.
Mention of the policy during Tuesday night’s speech — which has been billed as a checklist of campaign promises — could roil Trump’s base after the president campaigned on cracking down on illegal immigration across the U.S. border with Mexico.
“By finally enforcing our immigration laws, we will raise wages, help the unemployed, save billions of dollars,and make our communities safer for everyone,” Trump will say, according to excerpts released ahead of the speech.
Early speech excerpts signal Trump could strike a more conciliatory tone than the bombastic new president has done since entering the White House.
“The time for small thinking is over, the time for trivial fights is behind us, we just need the courage to share the dreams that fill our hearts, the bravery to express the hopes that stir our souls, and the confidence to turn those hopes and dreams to action. From now on, America will be empowered by our aspirations not burdened by our fears,” Trump will say, according to the pre-released remarks. http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/trumps-address-to-congress/trump-address-may-call-immigration-bill-senior-white-house-official-n726896
If he does, what will his supporters say?
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I’ll say this is the iceberg that turns him into the Trumptanic.
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One Termer if he does. Outrageous flip-flop. AMNESTY is AMNESTY and shocking he would so quickly make life of his promises.
or is he pulling their Leg again ,LOL
“signaling a major shift”
Negative. Trump has always said we’d do something to legitimize those we allow to stay. Call it whatever suits you. But we are a loooooong way from that right now.
I’m sure Glenn Beck wishes...
with both fingers crossed.
Such an announcement would make it harder to get anything past the Republicans in Congress. The Republicans are already trying hard to turn a sure thing big gain in 2018 into a total loss. They won’t lose out, though, when they get replaced by communists and Mohammedans. Their income will increase as they all go into the Lobbying profession. Of course, if they lose really big they might well find that there are no more lobby jobs for Republicans. They could not expect that, though.
Let’s hope that is more “fake news”. That wouldn’t surprise me!
Better than 'sources say..' huh..
(The Trump administration could be open to providing legal status to undocumented immigrants who have not committed serious crimes, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday, signaling a major shift in his immigration policy.)
There are no quotation marks, but they tell us what he “said”.
“Early speech excerpts signal Trump could strike a more conciliatory tone than the bombastic new president has done since entering the White House.”
i.e Media inserting their commentary.
NO F@CKING COMPROMISE!!!
I hope to hell this is not real.
This is NOT GOOD, NOT GOOD AT ALL. Just as Reagan was fooled in his “comprehensive immigration reform” measure, so Trump would be fooled if we FOOLISHLY go down this path. Who gets on the path to citizenship? Who gets on the path to legalization? Who knows. If Reagan’s experience is any guide, it will be about 3 times what is expected (i.e., because proof of residency for illegals was/is so easy to obtain/forge). So if we expect 5 million, about 15 million will end up on “the golden path”. If we expect 10 million, 30 million will be on the golden path. Because the problem is so much worse now (many, many, many nationalities now involved -— not just Mexicans) the multiple may now be MORE than 3.
THINGS ARE BEGINNING TO SLIP/SLIDE AWAY, I FEAR. And so quickly.
Trump is a unique president in that he doesn’t label easily. I figured he might lean left on some issues and was prepared for that. But I didn’t think it would be on immigration of all things! That’s the one that brought him to the dance in my opinion.
Now, if this has strictly to do with children being brought here then I will say... still, don't give the other side a damn thing until all the other issues are settled.
It’s Fake News.
There is absolutely No Way President Trump ever supports Amnesty.
I sure hope so. Part of me thinks he cannot seriously be that incredibly stupid.
“Negative. Trump has always said we’d do something to legitimize those we allow to stay. “
Reagan made this same mistake. It will not solve any problems but only encourage more to flood our borders until the next immigration “fix” that will legitimize their law-breaking.
I thought there was going to be a ten year ban on lobbying after a term ended, and a lifetime ban on lobbying for a foreign country. Am I mistaken?
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