Posted on 01/22/2018 2:51:47 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Congress sped toward reopening the government Monday as Democrats reluctantly voted to temporarily pay for resumed operations.
But by relenting, the Democrats prompted a backlash from immigration activists and liberal base supporters who wanted them to fight longer and harder for legislation to protect from deportation the 700,0090 or so younger immigrants who were brought to the country as children and now are here illegally.
Immigration activists and other groups harshly criticized the deal reached by the Democratic leadership.
Cristina Jimenez, executive director of United We Dream, said the members of the group are “outraged.” She added that senators who voted Monday in favor of the deal “are not resisting Trump, they are enablers.”
Other groups such as the American Civil Liberties Union expressed disappointment and shared similar criticism.
Although the Democrats initially dug in on a demand for an immigration deal, they had shifted to blaming the shutdown on the incompetence of Republicans and Trump. The Democrats seemed sensitive to being seen by voters as willing to tie up government operations to protect immigrants in the U.S. illegally.
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Relent = Cave
They are outraged? Does anybody care? I don’t. I’m outraged that they think they have citizen’s rights.
Rinse, repeat.
The demo-slimes will do it again.
Guaranteed.
It’s what they do.
Relent???
They use that word like they had power and sanctimoniously backed off...
Total BS...They blinked and caved in...
House to follow and do what ? I missed something...any help is appreciated .
If you wanna fight for illegals, then go across the border and do it over there. About time Mexico and Latin America fix their problems with.....SOCIALISM.
MONSTER victory for Trump
Trump has tremendous MOMENTUM, it’s....YUGE!
The House has to approve all budgets.
(Stewie Griffin voice) “Blast you evil Republicans! You’re supposed to acquiesce to our demands in the spirit of bipartisanship and then grovel and kiss our rings!”
Oh yeah. They’re taking orders from the Soros machine. They’ll do it again before 2/8. Trump now knows they’re a bunch of wusses and will cave a 2nd time.
This is still just another continuing resolution, not a budget. So this is still just kicking the can down the road again. Congress still ultimately fails to fix the problem.
There was agreement to extend some CHIP program for many years.
There must have been a change to what the House sent over.
Thanks, I wondered what the change was.
You DACA go home now
If this is a liberal rag, it explains a lot.
-PJ
3 weeks rather than the original time frame.
Expect something soon to distract from the Dem Disaster
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