6/12/2018

DREAMERS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/PAUL RYAN/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Negotiations in the U.S. House of Representatives on immigration legislation were on the verge of collapse on Tuesday [6-12-18] as Republicans fought over how much protection to give undocumented ‘Dreamer’ immigrants and as President Donald Trump ramped up his war against illegal and legal immigrants. High-level talks were set for later on Tuesday involving House Republican leaders and warring centrist and conservative lawmakers in the party that controls both chambers of Congress. Some House Republican aides portrayed the closed-door session as crucial amid the deadlock. Failure to craft a compromise could result in renegade centrists forcing votes on the House floor on a bill that could pass with mostly Democratic support. Even if House Speaker Paul Ryan manages to write a compromise bill toughening U.S. border security and ending the threat of deportation for ‘Dreamers’ – undocumented immigrants brought into the United States as children – his solution could be rebuffed by Democrats who are needed to enact any immigration bill. House aides familiar with this months-long effort to dislodge immigration legislation from a conservative blockade acknowledged that Democrats were not part of the consultations.”

-Richard Cowan, Susan Cornwell, “U.S. House Republicans try to rescue ‘Dreamer’ immigration talks,” Reuters, June 12, 2018 11:51 am