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On Twitter, Trump Pressures Democrats to Bargain on DACA On Twitter, Trump Pressures Democrats to Bargain on DACA
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WASHINGTON — President Trump turned up the pressure on Democrats on Thursday to come to an agreement with Republicans on protections for young, undocumented immigrants.WASHINGTON — President Trump turned up the pressure on Democrats on Thursday to come to an agreement with Republicans on protections for young, undocumented immigrants.
In an early morning Twitter post, Mr. Trump said Democrats “are doing nothing about DACA,” referring to the Obama-era policy known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. Temporary protection for these immigrants ends on March 5.In an early morning Twitter post, Mr. Trump said Democrats “are doing nothing about DACA,” referring to the Obama-era policy known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. Temporary protection for these immigrants ends on March 5.
Mr. Trump is headed to West Virginia later on Thursday to give a speech at an annual retreat for Republican members of Congress.Mr. Trump is headed to West Virginia later on Thursday to give a speech at an annual retreat for Republican members of Congress.
Mr. Trump proposed legislation last week that would pave a path to citizenship for as many as 1.8 million young, undocumented immigrants in exchange for an expensive border wall, a crackdown on illegal immigrants in the United States and an end to decades of family migration policies.Mr. Trump proposed legislation last week that would pave a path to citizenship for as many as 1.8 million young, undocumented immigrants in exchange for an expensive border wall, a crackdown on illegal immigrants in the United States and an end to decades of family migration policies.
In September, Mr. Trump effectively ended the DACA program, telling Congress to come up with a solution in a six-month period.In September, Mr. Trump effectively ended the DACA program, telling Congress to come up with a solution in a six-month period.
The president rejected a bipartisan proposal from senators last month, leading to a three-day government shutdown. Mr. Trump’s State of the Union address, in which he referred to immigrants as gang members and killers, did not signal he was amenable to a bipartisan deal he has said he wants.The president rejected a bipartisan proposal from senators last month, leading to a three-day government shutdown. Mr. Trump’s State of the Union address, in which he referred to immigrants as gang members and killers, did not signal he was amenable to a bipartisan deal he has said he wants.
Speaking to reporters at the retreat on Thursday morning, Senator John Thune of South Dakota, the No. 3 Senate Republican, acknowledged that coming up with an immigration bill that can attract the 60 votes needed in the Senate, pass the House and receive Mr. Trump’s signature was “a difficult needle to thread.”
Mr. Thune suggested that the best approach might be to narrow the scope of the legislation to only two of the four “pillars” that the president has proposed addressing, leaving out family-based migration and the diversity visa lottery.
“I think that if we can solve DACA and border security, that may be the best we can hope for,” Mr. Thune said. He described such a narrower plan as a “fallback position that can pass the House, the Senate and get signed,” adding that if “other issues enter into that conversation, it gets more complicated.”
But Representative Mark Meadows, Republican of North Carolina and the chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, quickly dismissed that idea.
“Senator Thune represents a state that’s a long ways from the southern border,” Mr. Meadows said. “Making a suggestion that a two-pillar answer is going to get support in the House is a nonstarter.”