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Bipartisan group reaches deal on immigration, fulfilling some Trump demands
Washington Post ^ | February 14, 2018 | Ed O'Keefe, David Nakamura and Mike DeBonis

Posted on 02/15/2018 6:22:31 AM PST by C19fan

A bipartisan group of senators reached a deal on immigration Wednesday as President Trump attempted to preemptively undercut the proposal by delivering an ultimatum: Pass my plan or risk a veto.

The self-dubbed “Common Sense Caucus” of senators late Wednesday circulated legislation that would fulfill Trump’s calls to grant legal status to 1.8 million young immigrants and would appropriate $25 billion for southern border security construction projects over the next decade — not immediately, as Trump wants. The bill also would curb family-based immigration programs, but not to the extent Trump is seeking, and would not end a diversity visa lottery program that he wants eliminated.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Kentucky; US: Maine; US: Pennsylvania; US: South Carolina; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: amnesty; buildthefence; daca; dreamact; dreamers; immigration; kentucky; lindseygraham; maine; mitchmcconnell; pennsylvania; southcarolina; susancollins; timkaine; virginia
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To: TakebackGOP

Ouchie!


41 posted on 02/15/2018 10:19:43 AM PST by trebb (I stopped picking on the mentally ill hypocrites who pose as conservatives...;-})
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To: gibsonguy

How about we hold up ALL congressional paychecks until the WALL is done & working? Staff—everyone. Even Supremes.


42 posted on 02/15/2018 10:52:10 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: eyeamok

VETO the damn thing and revive “Operation Wetback” from the Eisenhower days immediately.”””

Actually I would like to see the Democrats reminded that TRUMAN started Operation Wetback, and Eisenhower continued it. But TRUMAN started it. They wanted to make sure that jobs would be available for all the returning military members who fought & survived WWII .


43 posted on 02/15/2018 10:53:56 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: LostPassword

There is 1960 miles of that border. Redo the math, please.

With your numbers, that opens things up for 1,960,000 ‘Dreamers......WAAAAY too many.


44 posted on 02/15/2018 11:01:09 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: ridesthemiles

> With your numbers, that opens things up for 1,960,000 ‘Dreamers......WAAAAY too many.

I completely agree. But I’d bet we are getting more than that much amnesty and not getting nearly that much wall. And the wall will be delayed as long as the Ds can push it allowing millions more illegals in who will eventually get amnesty.

Unfortunately it looks like we get no wall or we compromise with a lot of amnesty. If someone can find a better way to get the wall I’d love to see it. If we have to compromise on this we should get the full wall ASAP with Dems cooperating instead of delaying.


45 posted on 02/15/2018 11:43:08 AM PST by LostPassword
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To: C19fan

If that crowd is for it, red flags should be up every where. Danger! Danger!


46 posted on 02/15/2018 11:50:31 AM PST by Midwesterner53
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