House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi issued a statement yesterday calling on Democrats to support a clean DREAM Act in negotiations with the White House. “The confusion of the last week has clouded the debate, but what is clear is that …
Continue ReadingMany are focusing on inflammatory comments made by the president in a White House meeting on immigration on Thursday but perhaps the more consequential development is the failure of a bipartisan group of senators to get White House buy-in on …
Continue ReadingPresident Trump denied the comments attributed to him last night where he called Latin American and African countries “shitholes.” The president wrote in an early morning tweet that that was not the language used by him in an immigration meeting …
Continue ReadingA bipartisan group of six senators have agreed on a framework for an immigration deal that solves the status of DREAMers, as well as addresses President Trump’s demand of funding for a border wall. The lawmakers rushed to the White …
Continue ReadingConservative commentator Ann Coulter tweeted yesterday that nothing Fire and Fury author Michael Wolff has said about President Trump has hurt him as much the DACA lovefest happening right now. Coulter was referring to a meeting taking place at …
Continue ReadingA judge in California has placed a nationwide injunction on the ending of the DACA program, mandating that it stay in place for now. The judge, William Alsup of Federal District Court in San Francisco, wrote that the Trump …
Continue ReadingDemocrats, Republicans and the White House have agreed to a two-step negotiation process that, they hope, will bring about solutions to the nation’s immigration problems. Congress and the president agreed to come up with a solution to the DACA program …
Continue ReadingThe president suggested bringing back a form of congressional earmarks today during a meeting with congressional leaders today. “Maybe all of you should think about going back to a system of earmarks. This system lends itself to not getting along,” …
Continue ReadingPresident Trump is sticking to earlier demands for tighter border security in the ongoing negotiations over a permanent solution for those seeking protection under the DACA program. A spending bill must be passed by January 19 to avoid a government …
Continue ReadingRepresentative Mark Meadows (R-NC) made it clear yesterday that there will be no deal on amnesty for so-called DREAMers in the spending bill that needs to pass Congress later this month. He said there will be no “last minute scenario” …
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