Posted on 01/13/2019 6:49:12 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Democratic lawmakers don’t want to include Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)—the protections for illegal immigrants brought to the United States as children—in negotiations with the White House on ending the partial government shutdown, President Donald Trump said in a Twitter post dated Jan. 13.
“Democrats are saying that DACA is not worth it and don’t want to include in talks,” Trump said. “Many Hispanics will be coming over to the Republican side, watch.”
Trump and the Democrats have been debating border security funding, which triggered a shutdown of about quarter of the federal government on Dec. 22. Now in its third week, it represents the longest shutdown in modern history, beating the previous record of 21 days in 1995 under then-President Bill Clinton.
In his typical carrot-and-stick approach, Trump offered to compromise on the specifics of his demand for $5.7 billion for border wall construction but also threatened to shut down the southern border and/or use executive power to build the wall without funding appropriation from Congress.
In the latest twist, Trump said he may declare a national emergency, calling the situation at the border a “crisis.” He pointed to drug smuggling, human trafficking, gang violence, and other crimes connected with illegal immigration and border trespassing, as well as the violence and other dangers faced by migrants who are seeking illegal entry.
The emergency declaration would allow Trump broader discretion over redirecting federal funding, though using it for the wall construction would likely be challenged in court.
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Because they know the hack Judges are going to protect the DACA illegals.
The Donks want to keep DACA as an open issue because that is the only segment of the illegal immigrant community with which the general public is remotely sympathetic.
If the DACA were regularized, most citizens would happily report the rest.
The Donks want to leverage sympathy for the DACAs to pass general amnesty.
Report = Deport
My autocorrect won’t let me type “deport”.
Well, hell, I don’t want to include DACA in shutdown talks either.
What is there discus, except how to deport them?
Yes, the Democrats have made their hatred for the President their one and only issue in order to please their most influential constituents. They simply try to obstruct the Administration’s work. Obviously, the Democrats’ most influential constituents have been vaping something that makes them ever more radical in their efforts to fund communism.
Me, either. No DACA! Does anyone honestly think these “Dreamers” will be grateful or ever vote Republican?
It is interesting that the media hacks all frame the story as “government shutdown over Trump’s request for a wall” - never “government shutdown over Democrats’ refusal to give the president what he’s asking for”....
That’s because everything is somehow Trump’s fault. No matter the situation, there is always some aspect of the situation which must be blamed on Trump.
DACA is not amnesty, it is DEFERRED ACTION. End the deferment and take the action.
Good! Decent Americans don’t want DACA either. Build the Wall under emergency powers, then deport all illegals - including DACA.
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