Democrats reject immigration deal as budget deadline nears

Associated Press ^ | Mar 19, 2018 5:53 PM EDT | Andrew Taylor

[Olog-hai]

Capitol Hill Democrats have rejected a White House bid to extend protections for so-called Dreamer immigrants in exchange for $25 billion in funding for President Donald Trump’s long-sought border wall as Washington talks on a $1.3 trillion catchall spending bill hit a critical stage on Monday.

Disputes remain over immigration enforcement and a smaller infusion of wall funding, as well as a major rail project that pits Trump against his most powerful Democratic adversary, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.

Monday’s developments were described by congressional aides in both parties who spoke on condition of anonymity because the talks remain secretive.

All sides pressed toward an agreement by Monday night, though aides said it appeared more likely that the measure would be unveiled Tuesday for a House vote Thursday. House and Senate action is needed by midnight Friday to avert another government shutdown.

The bipartisan measure is loaded with political and policy victories for both parties. Republicans and Trump are winning a long-sought budget increase for the Pentagon, while Democrats obtain funding for infrastructure, the opioid crisis and a wide swath of domestic programs. …

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[Republican Wildcat]

This is really getting tiresome. Border security and immigration enforcement should not be controversial. In addition, it is beyond clear the Democrats do not actually want to help the so-called “Dreamers” at all.

I thought we had previously reached an agreement before that would avert the government shutting down again until at least next year. This is ridiculous.

[Reno89519]

BUILD THE WALL WITHOUT AMNESTY!!!

[SharpRightTurn]

The sausage making enterprise proceeds apace, there’s just not enough lard left over to secure our borders.

[AC86UT89]

I thought the GOP had majority control of the Senate and the House? I guess I was mistaken.

[Lurkinanloomin]

a $1.3 trillion catchall spending bill
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This is how they hide the corruption.

We have to get back to regular order and separate appropriations bills.

[DoughtyOne]

The bipartisan measure is loaded with political and policy victories for both parties. Republicans and Trump are winning a long-sought budget increase for the Pentagon, while Democrats obtain funding for infrastructure, the opioid crisis and a wide swath of domestic programs.

This has been tried before. They claim both sides won here, but each of these plans has been Trump's plan.

As for the wide swath of domestic programs, since they aren't named I can't address them. My bet is they are still more plans on Trump's agenda.

The media is melting down because Trump is getting everything he wants, and the Democrats can't claim a thing here.

[Republican Wildcat]

They don’t have 60 votes in the Senate to block a Democrat filibuster.

[Lurkinanloomin]

Your mistake is thinking the GOP wants border security and immigration enforcement.

[Regulator]

” it is beyond clear the Democrats do not actually want to help the so-called “Dreamers” at all”

Oh Please. Really? You buy that line?

Trump is using it because it’s politically useful.

But they would open the floodgates of the world to come in here if they thought they could impose socialism and then Communism on their backs.

The Rat party headed up by the vile and disgusting Tomas Perez and the murderous Islamic Keith Ellison are the most shrill, virulent and hate filled thugs I have seen in my lifetime. LBJ and Hubert Humphrey would be Right Wing Republicans compared to these guys.

The move away from Amnesty is a tactical one, nothing more.

[Olog-hai]

Yes; the establishment.

[raiderboy]

The Democrats have sacrifice4d these Dreamers for political expedience. Trump offered the best they will ever get and the DEMs blew it. I sense great bitterness by the Hispanic community that knows they were badly let down here. The answer was at hand for them. Nothing about the Trump offer was unfair but the Dems just “RESIST”. But here they badly hurt the Hispanic community and it will not be forgotten.Viva Trump— El presidente!!!!

[digger48]

Not in the Senate when you have Collinth and Murkowsky siding with the Dems and demanding more money for Obamacare

[Republican Wildcat]

I’m not sure where we are disagreeing.

The Democrats don’t want to help the so-called “Dreamers” but want to use them for the ends you have just outlined. The last thing they would want is for them to be able to stay with full border security and immigration enforcement, with them assimilated and prosperous vs. on welfare with a policy that is magnet for a huge flood of additional illegal immigration...them being merely able to “stay” here doesn’t get them what they want...it isn’t about helping them - they are to be used as a means to an end.

[jetson]

Now, now...stop picking on these honest illegal people from Mexico.

After all, only 1.2 million of them filed for tax refunds with fake social security numbers. Oops, I must be wrong because the socialists have been telling us that their are only 30 to 50 thousand of these illegals in the country. So I guess the other 950,000 illegals must be from Russian or Africa.

[Paladin2]

It never hurts to list the anti-Trump Agenda GOPeer “Senators”....

[Lean-Right]

“1.2 million of them filed for tax refunds with fake social security numbers”

Just saw report on Hannity. The number
was 1.3 million, but hey, what’s another
hundred grand....

[blueplum]

fake news - this was not a WH ‘bid”. And the WH has already said via Shah it will not consider a 3for3 deal. Jeff Flake and Co. at it again. From 1/22/18 Azcentral.com Flake spoke about passing a CR ‘for a year or two’. That wasn’t Trump’s idea. Trump wants a permanent fix, not kicking the can down the road.

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/immigration/2018/01/22/jeff-flake-shutdown-deal-gives-dreamers-better-shot-path-citizenship/1056165001/

[Architect of Avalon]

Best to secure the border, deport all who are trespassing, restrict immigration to civilized countries, and tell the treasonous cheap labor uniparty exactly what they can do with their objection to all of that.