GOP/IMMIGRATION/INFRASTRUCTURE: “U.S. Republicans will turn their attention to infrastructure and immigration issues, President Donald Trump said on Thursday [2-1-18], blaming Democrats for failing to help young ‘Dreamer’ immigrants even as disunity simmered around the issue in his own party.
The president was due to make an appearance later on Thursday at a retreat for congressional Republicans aimed at rallying around legislative priorities before congressional elections in November that will be seen as a referendum on the party’s ability to govern and on Trump’s presidency…
Immigration in particular has become a thorny issue for both Republicans and Democrats. Former businessman Trump found political success in large part because of his tough campaign stance toward immigrants. But in office he has sometimes been inconsistent in expressing his policy aims, or has been at odds with some in his own party…
Democrats and many Republicans in the Senate support protecting the Dreamers, but the measure faces more resistance in the House of Representatives, where some Republicans have balked at a path to citizenship.”
-Amanda Becker, “Trump blames Democrats for young immigrants’ plight,” Reuters, Feb. 1, 2018 07:45am