... Immigration WILL DEMOCRATS LOSE THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN? Trump’s incompetence works against the G.O.P. But Republicans have some advantages of their own
... At the most basic level, the law, as it stands, is against DACA recipients, since they are here illegally, changing that requires an act of a majority-Republican Congress, and action is harder than inaction—and certainly not without concession. Also, most of the concessions that Republicans want in exchange for legalization are, polls suggest, favored by voters, including a merit-based system (60 percent) and E-Verify (around 80 percent). https://www.vanityfair.com/news/201...pJobID=1321960766&spReportId=MTMyMTk2MDc2NgS2
With only a day to work out the details and get the votes to avoid a government shutdown, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks to journalists as he arrives back from a meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House, on Capitol Hill in Washington DC on Friday January 19, 2018.
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