The American People are way ahead of the Congress on this issue, and they have their heads in the right place. There is an 80%+ consensus on ending chain migration, ending the lottery, building the wall, and severely restricting legal immigration.
In exchange for that, there will be some amnesty for DACA immigrants—another issue for which there is broad consensus with the American People.
The purists aren't going to be permitted to make the perfect the enemy of the good. They're just going to have to accept the fact that there will be some DACA amnesty, although the numbers I've seen proposed simply aren't very big.
Deplorables—and their President—are going to get almost everything they want on immigration. That's how governing works in a representative Republic when one party doesn't have a supermajority. On an issue as delicate as immigration, there are always going to be some compromises. I, for one, am not tired of all the winning...
This issue is non-negotiable. You forget the fact that the Dems will use the federal courts and their kook left-wing groups to undermine whatever compromise is signed into law.
And stop conflating the two! Dreamers are not DACA recipients. They are a separate class of illegals who want amnesty.
They're just going to have to accept the fact that there will be some DACA amnesty
Like I said, you give these folks amnesty, they're going to start filing lawsuits and such. If there's going to be a deal, then give ONLY THE VERIFIED CHILDREN OF ILLEGALS permanent residency status - meaning they can't vote and can't suckle off the taxpayer teat - that can be revoked at any time, and only after all of Trump's immigration initiatives are funded and codified into law.
I agree. We're going to get stuck with DACA one way or the other. We might as well make the Dems pay dearly for it.
I can live with this.