Trump: ‘Fairly close’ to DACA deal – By Jordan Fabian (thehill.com) / Sept 14 2017
President Trump said Thursday he is “fairly close” to a deal with lawmakers to address young immigrants living illegally in the U.S. in exchange for “massive” border-security measures.
“We’re working on a plan – subject to getting massive border controls,” he told reporters at the White House before leaving for a trip to Florida.
“We’re working on a plan for DACA,” he added, referring to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. “People want to see that happen.”
Trump suggested he would not demand funding for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border as part of the package.
“The wall will come later,” he said. “We’re right now renovating large sections of wall, massive sections, making it brand new.”
The president said that Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) are “very on board” with the proposal, adding that he discussed the plan with them over the phone.
Ryan’s office, however, said the Speaker “hasn’t spoken” to the president since his dinner with the Democratic leaders.
Trump is seeking to clarify confusion surrounding what he agreed to during a dinner with Democratic congressional leaders Wednesday night.
After the meal, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced they has agreed to work on a measure that would turn the DACA program into law.
Trump terminated the program last week. It offers deportation reprieves to hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children and allows them to apply for work permits.
The president pushed back on the Democrats’ account of the meeting in a string of Thursday morning tweets.
“No deal was made last night on DACA,” he said on Twitter. “Massive border security would have to be agreed to in exchange for consent. Would be subject to vote.”
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Wednesday night that “excluding the wall was certainly not agreed to.”
The president changed his tone after Schumer and Pelosi said Trump’s tweets were “not inconsistent” with what they agreed to Wednesday night.
“We agreed that the President would support enshrining DACA protections into law, and encourage the House and Senate to act,” they said in a statement. “What remains to be negotiated are the details of border security, with a mutual goal of finalizing all details as soon as possible.
The leaders said “both sides agreed that the wall would not be any part of this agreement” but that the president would pursue it later and they would continue to oppose it.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/350617-trump-fairly-close-to-daca-deal
PB/TK – Now wait, who the hell is Pinocchio in the room? Last night Chuckie and ‘Botox’ Nancy released a statement a deal is done w/o a border wall only to have POTUS Donnie wake up to Twitter to say “you’re wrong, so wrong” that a deal was complete and the wall is already being built. And now this! Man you guys in Congress and WH really have learned how to keep yourselves in the headlines, but people are tired of the crying wolf games. Stop telling us about the “coulda woulda shoulda” talks, do your jobs and then announce…. Just don’t let ‘Botox’ Nancy jump out of a cake during the announcement, ‘Muricans got weak stomachs.
