Jeff Flake: Shutdown Deal Gives Dreamers ‘Better Chance’ of Getting Pathway to Citizenship

Breitbart ^ | January 22, 3018 | Tony Lee

[EdnaMode]

Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) believes the recent three-day government shutdown and the deal to end it on Monday gave Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients and other illegal immigrant Dreamers “a better chance” of getting a pathway to citizenship.

Flake has been working with Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) on a bill that would give a “12-year pathway to citizenship for about 2 million” illegal immigrant Dreamers and “legal status for their parents.” On Monday, Senate Democrats agreed to a three-week spending bill in exchange for a DACA vote before February 8.

“I do think that they have a better chance now to have a long-term solution instead of another short-term fix,” Flake reportedly told the Arizona Republic on Monday. “No guarantee, but a better chance.”

Flake said that without the three-week spending bill, his concern was that lawmakers would “get to March and just have a day or two to ram something through,” which, according to Flake, would have forced Congress just to pass another “short-term fix for those that are registered now [under DACA]” that would give them “basically a work permit and legal status for another year or so.”

[EdnaMode]

Jeff Flake = Democrat.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Shut up Flake. Cut your own damn lawn and clean your own toilets.

[SERKIT]

Jeff “Bent Beak” Flake has his bent nose up Schumer’s kiester.

[Rennes Templar]

Jeff “Illegals = $$ for Arizona” Flake

[LIConFem]

Graham, Durbin, Flake, et al are the ones who're dreamin'. They're the only ones talking about a path to citizenship. The Dreamers will likely get permanent legal status, with periodic registration and background checks. And if the GOPe is squishy enough, permanent status might extend to their parents, but that would enrage the base (Trump's base, that is).

[Lurkinanloomin]

We really need more Senators that side with the citizens and the rule of law.

We have 4, maybe 5, Senators that side with the citizens and the rule law.

Flake, Corker, Hatch, Heller, Alexander, Graham, McCain, Murkowsky, Hoeven, Rubio, Tillis, Burr, Lankford, Gardner, Cornyn, Cochran, Collins, Sasse, Kennedy, Shelby, Ernst and Blunt are all in favor of amnesty.

[A_Former_Democrat]

Oh so it’s actually TWO MILLION.

ILLEGALS, not “ Dreamers”. What bs

[Tennessee Nana]

PING

[Buckeye McFrog]

Make no mistake, if the deal does not create a “pathway to citizenship” the Federal Courts will MAKE one as soon as the ink dries on whatever deal is struck.

Tread carefully, Mr. Trump.

[G Larry]

Hey Jeff!

You are being FIRED for a reason!

Shut up already!

[Mouton]

My pathway: go back to whatever craphole country you came from and apply for immigration documents as legal immigrants do and have done for decades.

[elcid1970]

He’s delusional, Jim.

[McGavin999]

Needs to be timed from their last date of partaking in government benefits. In other words welfare, schooling, food stamps, Obamacare etc. if the attempt to get benefits the clock restarts.

[McGavin999]

Oh, and let me add that no one who is not already registered will be eligible

[cgbg]

He needs to go back to Arizona and house, clothe and feed his heros—at this home—forever!

[Tammy8]

the Federal Courts will MAKE one as soon as the ink dries on whatever deal is struck.

If they give them a status that already exists under immigration law- student Visa, work permit, etc. it would be much harder for courts to turn that into citizenship. If they make up some new special status just for them, look out.

[Theodore R.]

People in AZ surely pick bad Republican nominees.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Jeff Flake is in dreamland.

[AndyJackson]

Does anyone even listen to the words in the spew from these swamp-dwellers any more. All I hear is the shrieking of the nightwalkers in Game of Thrones.

[McGavin999]

It’s not so much that they are on the side of amnesty, it’s that they are on the side of those who bought them.