DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Bipartisan talks over legislation to legalize young undocumented immigrants are gaining steam, key senators said, but top Democrats who have pushed for quick action said any fix won’t happen by year’s end.
The immigration debate is one of many matters involved in year-end talks over a bill to keep the government funded. While most lawmakers have said they expect Congress will end up passing a bill to provide funding through Jan. 19, some House Republicans on Wednesday night raised objections that the bill wouldn’t fund the military for the full fiscal year, which runs through September.
Government funding expires at 12:01 a.m. Saturday.
Republicans have long said immigration should be dealt with outside of the funding bills, and this week Sen. Jeff Flake (R., Ariz.) said he had secured a promise for a Senate floor vote in January on Dreamers legislation being negotiated by a bipartisan group of senators. GOP leaders confirmed that plan…
President Donald Trump in September ended the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, that protected them, but gave Congress six months to pass legislation before protections begin to expire.”
-Laura Meckler and Kristina Peterson, “Immigration Talks Gain Steam, but No Deal Seen Until Next Year,” The Wall Street Journal online, Dec. 20, 2017 08:31pm