DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s demand that Congress approve dozens of immigration-enforcement measures threatens to derail sensitive negotiations on Capitol Hill over legislation that would help young people brought to the U.S. illegally as children.
Most of the demands released Sunday [10-8-17] pleased his core supporters, but drew opposition from Democrats and even some Republicans, including funding for a southern border wall, making it easier to deport people and new limits future legal migration.
Several people involved in the issue said Monday they weren’t sure whether Mr. Trump and his aides were trying to kill the so-called Dreamer legislation by setting conditions that they know can’t be met. Another possibility, they said, was that the president is trying to signal to his strongest supporters that he is with them in spirit but that he would in fact be willing to settle for something much less sweeping…
Administration officials said Monday that the president believes in the proposals laid out Sunday and thinks most of them can pass Congress. Still, they said he willing to negotiate. ‘There is always room for discussion with the president,’ a White House official said.”
-Laura Meckler, “Trump’s Demand Imperils Plan to Protect ‘Dreamers’,” The Wall Street Journal online, Oct. 9, 2017 05:48pm