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.
Oh, Fer Cripes Sake! It’s, ‘The Blaze!’
Fake News. Get a friggin’ grip, Freepers! Yeesh!
How about 100. Out of 30 million.
I could live with that number.
Cause the SECOND a dem steps into the WH, and has a congress behind them, they are citizens.
I don’t care if it’s 20 years from now.
So there will be 10s of millions of 50 year olds who could vote dem instead of 10s of millions of 30 year olds.
Get out.
Undocumented Democrats will come out of the shadows. Viva Senor Trump!
Now they have adopted it to label tax reform, too.
I wouldn’t get too excited yet,it’s the Blaze for crying out loud.
If I wanted this, I would have supported little Ricky Ricardo.
Then why hasn’t he stopped DACA, Obama’s illegal program for illegal aliens?
The Blaze is fake news.
It could very well be Glenn Beck fantasy porn.
Deliberate misinformation to expose a leaker?
Yes, Rubio would have given it to you.
“Fake News. Get a friggin’ grip, Freepers! Yeesh!”
Wrong site to ask for that.
If True Betrayal surrender..& the never trumpers were right after all. Unforgivable.
Comprehensively Screwing Americans Out Of Their Country
May as well call it what it is.
Put national e verify in place. Then wait 3 years for them to
go home because many will not be able to work and then after 3 years, we could start talking about compromise with what is left AFTER the wall has been built and the border secured.
Stiffen the penalties for employing them and cut off their benefits.
“Then why hasn’t he stopped DACA, Obama’s illegal program for illegal aliens?”
Be patient, President Trump will kill DACA.
Unfortunately Defacto amnesty was granted by Obama. The SCOTUS will not alloe those here before a certain date to be deported.
Trump will lose his base, all support will evaporate and he will resign before a year is finished. He better think this over. He is sentencing the USA a to Civil War if he does this.
Wow, no discussion thread for his speech tonight? Guess I’ll head back to Twitter.
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