BORDER/DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “A top White House aide indicated Tuesday [9-12-17] that the Trump administration would not insist that legislation protecting young immigrants known as Dreamers be tied to funding for a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border…
The comments underscore President Donald Trump’s desire to see Congress approve a legislative fix for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Trump announced last week that he would end the program, but he first gave Congress six months to come up with a solution…
White House aides have long considered trying to get Democrats to support funding a border wall — a key pledge of Trump’s during the 2016 campaign — in exchange for moving forward with a Dreamers bill. But, amid a massive public backlash over Trump’s decision to end DACA, the president has grown increasingly eager for a legislative solution to that issue.
Short added later at the breakfast that the president remains committed to building the border wall.”
-Andrew Restuccia, “White House: Trump won’t insist on tying Dreamers bill to border wall,” Politico, Sept. 12, 2017 10:54am