Politico
By Ted Hesson
November 06, 2017
DRIFTING APART ON DACA DEAL: Republicans have been staking out ground over what should be included in legislation to deal with the DACA. Trump told Fox News on Thursday that border wall funding should be part of a DACA deal, along with cutting family-based migration. In an interview with Laura Ingraham on Thursday, the president demanded a downpayment on what he estimated would be an $18 billion project at most. He also said a DACA agreement would need to address so-called “chain migration” that allows immigrants to bring family members to the U.S.
“I don’t think any Republican would vote for anything having to do with leaving chain migration,” Trump said. “Chain migration is a disaster for this country and it’s horrible.” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Saturday he’s open to a deal, so long as it reforms the legal immigration system. “It could be border security. It could be ending chain migration. It could be the diversity quotas,” he said. “But something that tangibly improves the legal immigration system in this country, I think, ought to be attached to DACA.”
Top Democrats are willing to discuss border security in a DACA deal, but have said they won’t approve funding for a wall. Beyond that, the party’s more liberal senators, including Sens. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), have vowed not to vote for a must-pass spending bill in December unless it addresses the status of so-called Dreamers. Trump and Senate Republicans, on the other hand, have said a DACA fix should be handled independently of the spending measure. Watch Trump’s interview here.
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