Tresha91203
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Trump agreed to sign a compromise and backed out. Sen. Mitch McConnell's passive-aggressive dig at Trump on DACA and a shutdown - Breaking News LatestTrump had already agreed to address DACA after the budget bill had passed.Oh, I think he'd get 60 senate votes for his wall if he'd agree to a DACA fix and continue some family immigration.
Trump is not the one Democrats have to work with to get any type of DACA legislation passed and placed on Trump's desk to sign or veto. It's simply a matter of Separation of Powers and how the Govt Constitutionally works.
Schumer can't simply walk into Trump's office, declare he wants Trump to GIVE HIM DACA, and Trump do it. Obama tried that Un-Constitutional route, and Trump pulled it, forcing CONGRESS to do its job.
McConnell told Schumer after the budget had been passed DACA, chain immigration, etc was next...and Schumer still shut down the Govt.
D-Gutierez said he would help build the wall himself if it got Amnesty for Illegals. I hope he does not have to keep his promise, as I do not believe the illegals should receive complete Amnesty. Route to citizenship - sure. Ability to vote until completing that route? No.
The usual suspects of racist morons who only see their own delusions forget this is a much bigger issue than the Dreamers.
What a lot of people forget is the only thing that happened was the can just got kicked down the road again on another short term spending measure that hurts the military and other agencies for planning through the whole year.
In that perspective it is a failure by the majority party to govern, including the President. They have to deal with this all over again in 3 weeks, so nothing was really accomplished. Now McConnell is going to have to stick to his word and bring a bill to the floor allowing amendments, or get stuck owning another shut down that he will own.
And this is considering the fact the current deal passes the House. Since the Democrats have now voted to reopen the government, it will be Paul Ryan that will own the shut down if it doesn't get passed.
I think Trump signaled he'd take a Dreamer deal that didn't include the Wall. Then the dems tried to sweeten the deal to include funding, but Trump had already played to his base, and he couldn't compromise. McConnell basically agreed to let Schumer just set the clock back in exchange for 3 weeks funding, and McConnell knows the dems tried good faith, and Trump screwed it up. Although, Trump put himself in the crap with his base.
And yes, if the Dreamers are deported, the gop House and Trump own it. The senate will vote for them to stay, and the gop senators will overwhelmingly support that if it's tied to a Wall, and more border security.
I don't think so. It's deja vu all over again. There was a promise last time (appropriate). We do not want that again. A promise of funds is not an allocation of funds. Frankly, after blatant fakery last amnesty, I don't think ANY amnesty of ANY kind should happen until the wall/fence isn't just appropriated, but BUILT already.