BORDER/DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The gulf over legislation to protect young undocumented immigrants from deportation appeared wide Thursday [1-4-18] as President Donald Trump insisted that any deal include funding for his promised border wall and new limits on legal immigration to the U.S.
Mr. Trump said the package to protect so-called Dreamers has to include new curbs on Americans’ ability to sponsor relatives for immigration, a process critics call ‘chain migration,’ and an end to the diversity-visa lottery, which seeks to admit immigrants from underrepresented countries. And the president said he will demand funding for a border wall, an idea Democrats overwhelmingly oppose… Mr. Trump’s insistence on several contentious provisions appeared at odds with the stance of some congressional Republicans, who have said in recent days that any agreement will have to be narrowly focused to win needed Democratic votes. The White House said Mr. Trump would invite a bipartisan group of senators to meet with him next week for negotiations.”
-Laura Meckler and Kristina Peterson, “Trump’s Immigration Priorities Complicate ‘Dreamer’ Talks,” The Wall Street Journal online, Jan. 4, 2018 07:30pm