Let’s see how this plays out. I have a feeling this was meant to put Schumer in a very difficult position with his continued opposition to the wall.
>>Let’s see how this plays out. I have a feeling this was meant to put Schumer in a very difficult position with his continued opposition to the wall.<<
Oh, it puts Schumer in a difficult position all right. He’s got Dreamers picketing his house now and if he comes out against this, they’ll go ballistic.
What people forget is that it’s the Dem legislators that want open borders, not the immigrant population here legally. That puts Schumer on the wrong side and Trump on the right side with the immigrant population.
The Dems are going to fight this tooth and nail and end up looking like they’re not willing to help the Dreamers while Trump will look like he’s serious about getting them legal status. He really put Schumer in a box on this one because Schumer is going to have to argue against the wall, and against dropping chain migration and the lottery, but most people are on Trump’s side on all those points.
All Trump will have “given up” is something that 80% of us are already willing to concede...people brought here as children shouldn’t be punished for the behavior of their parents. This could get 60 votes in the Senate despite Schumer but if it doesn’t, Trump will be all over McConnell telling him to drop the damned filibuster rule and start legislating.