BORDER/CHILDREN/DREAMERS/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. House of Representatives rejected a ‘compromise’ immigration bill on Wednesday [6-27-18], as expected, that would have addressed the crisis of families being separated at the U.S.-Mexico border. The House could vote next month on a narrower measure that is being developed and would focus specifically on the family separations issue, although prospects for its passage are uncertain. By a 301-121 vote, the Republican-controlled House rejected a bill that addressed family separations but also gave long-term protections to young ‘Dreamer’ immigrants brought to the country years ago illegally as children, and provided funding for President Donald Trump’s proposed U.S.-Mexico border wall. Trump has demanded that Congress resolve the family separations with legislation, in the face of an uproar at home and abroad over the separation of more than 2,300 children from their parents as a result of his administration’s policy of ‘zero tolerance’ toward illegal immigration.”
-Richard Cowan, Jonathan Stempel, “U.S. House rejects compromise bill on border family separations,” Reuters, June 27, 2018 7:07 am