DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/PAUL RYAN/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Speaker Paul D. Ryan told a closed-door meeting of House Republicans on Wednesday [6-13-18] that his plan to bring two immigration bills up for a vote next week had the approval of President Trump, who is enthusiastic about the effort, according to a person who attended the meeting. Whether either bill can pass is very much in doubt. Wednesday’s gathering came less than 12 hours after Mr. Ryan’s office announced that the House would consider immigration next week — but not bipartisan bills aimed primarily at protecting young immigrants brought to the country illegally as children. Instead, lawmakers will consider a hard-line measure that emphasizes border security and a somewhat more moderate compromise measure, yet to be finalized, that still meets Mr. Trump’s standards. But the approval of an immigration hard-liner like Mr. Trump only underscored the growing sense that a rebellion by moderate Republicans seeking bipartisanship had utterly failed. It underscored the looming reality that the president has effectively acquired the last say over the actions of the Republican Congress.”
-Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Thomas Kaplan, “Paul Ryan Says Trump Is All In on Next Week’s Immigration Votes,” The New York Times online, June 13, 2018