Posted on 11/21/2018 1:15:56 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Congress is preparing for a lame-duck session that will undoubtedly be dominated by a high-stakes fight over funding for the Department of Homeland Security, including the question of President Donald Trump’s border wall. Should lawmakers fail to reach a DHS budget deal by Dec. 7, we can expect a partial government shutdown.
Democrats are preparing a list of demands, but it appears one thing that won’t be on the list is immigration. Instead, legislators and advocates alike seem content to wait until the incoming Democratic majority takes control of the House to move on legislation protecting the more than 3 million Dreamers and hundreds of thousands of “temporary protected status” holders.
The hope is to kickstart another immigration debate in Congress next year, when House Democrats can pass measures to shield Dreamers and TPS holders from Trump’s deportation force before the courts debating the merits of programs attempt to dismantle them. All of this could set up yet another funding fight before the end of next year. With the Senate under Republican control, any debate could become nothing short of another hollow flashpoint for immigrant communities who fear they’ll be Trump’s next target.
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The Dems will put it on the back burner for another two years...................
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The Democrats flatly refused the deal.
If this ‘dreamer’ knew anything about our government at all, and the way it operates, he would know that the subject bill will never pass the Senate and even if it did, the president Trump would veto it. And neither the Dems in the House nor the Senate have a veto-proof margin................
Exactly so. If they solved the problem, the ‘dreamers’ wouldn’t need them any more....................
And we would have 60 MILLION MORE BABIES ALIVE!! God Help Us.
Uh, no. Dreamers need to GO HOME back to Mexico or wherever the families came from. And take the family with them. Good by and good riddance!
Trump gave Dims/Dreamers a deal last year that they rejected in favor of total victory (legalization of Dreamers and no wall) thinking they would win both houses of Congress this year but fell short.
I get a kick out of the phrase “Lame Duck session”. In this particular instance, it’s a lame duck government.
The Dems rule the house (by hook or by crook) and so they want to pass laws that suit them. But, the Senate has to pass those laws. Will they? And of course, the President has to either sign them into law, or veto them.
Laws have to start in the House, but they aren’t going to want to start laws they don’t agree with, so the likelihood of those laws reaching the Senate are..slim.
If house republicans start a law, the dems aren’t going to want to vote for it. And if the dems start a law, the republicans aren’t going to go for it. Even though the House has a majority democrat base, and the law makes it to the Senate, it’s likely to be ‘fry ice’ time.
Usually it’s the President who is the lame duck, but not in this case.
“Laws have to start in the House”
I believe it’s only laws that raise revenue that have to start in the House.
So why hasn’t this dreamer applied for citizenship the legal way ?????
The Democrats have replaced the dreamers with stuffing ballot boxes. They’re not needed any more!
https://www.fitzgeraldlawcompany.com/boston-immigration-lawyers/cancellation-removal.php
Understand why Obama created his DACA scheme.
Limousine liberals only dream of cheap maids and gardeners.
by Juan Escalante, Fifth Columnist
Americans dream too and many of us dream about a day when all illegals leave our country then apply to come in the right way from their own country based on need of America and merit. The days of needing boatloads of immigrants is long over with. Now all we get is boatloads of freeloaders.
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