BORDER/DREAMERS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Key Republican senators will meet with President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday [1-4-18] as negotiations continue to reach a compromise on border security issues and the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
Trump is set to host the more conservative members of his party negotiating with Democrats in the Senate over DACA, an Obama administration policy that protected young undocumented immigrants brought to the US as children from deportation.
Since Trump opted to terminate DACA in September, Democrats and many Republicans have pushed to make the program, which benefits young immigrants who in most cases know no other country, a permanent legislative policy — but Trump and most Republicans have also demanded border security and increased immigration enforcement as part of a deal…
Not on the list were Republican Sens. Jeff Flake, of Arizona, and Cory Gardner, of Colorado, who have been meeting nearly every day the Senate is in session with Graham, Durbin, Tillis and Lankford to reach a compromise.
No Democratic senators are expected to attend the meeting.”
-Tal Kopan, “Trump to meet Republican senators on immigration,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, Jan. 4, 2018 10:41am