DREAMERS/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Unless the U.S. House of Representatives can beat the legislative odds, America’s young ‘Dreamer’ immigrants will have to keep dreaming about living without fear of deportation. That was the gloomy outlook on Wednesday [6-13-18] in the House for an effort to solve the long-standing issue of the Dreamers that is expected to come to a head next week. The Dreamers are hundreds of thousands of young people, mostly Hispanic, who illegally entered the country years ago as children and are now protected from deportation by an Obama-era program – known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) – that Republican President Donald Trump wants to end. Congress missed a March 5 deadline Trump set for replacing DACA, which was established in 2012, with a new law to protect the Dreamers. Lawmakers were unable to bridge differences. In the latest push, House Speaker Paul Ryan plans to bring up two bills for House votes next week, and Republican leaders said they were consulting with the White House. But prospects are not encouraging for either measure.”
-Richard Cowan, Susan Cornwell, “Congress faces long odds on rescue effort for ‘Dreamers’,” Reuters, June 13, 2018 1:42 pm