Trump says Democrats don’t want to make a deal on DACA

It’s always been thought that the key to unlocking any spending stalemate in Congress was to get closer to an immigration compromise. But bipartisan congressional negotiations with the White House faltered last week, prompting Republican leaders to begin pushing for the passage of a stopgap measure. This comes after lawmakers voted in December to extend funding the government to January 19. House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., called Trump’s remarks “unhelpful”.

The group’s leader, Representative Mark Meadows, told MSNBC television on Thursday there was not yet enough support among conservatives for the short-term funding measure.

“We are now taking the rare step of requesting direct review on the merits of this injunction by the Supreme Court so that this issue may be resolved quickly and fairly for all the parties involved”, he said in a statement announcing the speedy appeal. “So there’s very, very strong support not to go along with their deal”.

Kelly has been leading the White House’s efforts to reach a deal to give legal status to undocumented immigrants who will soon no longer be protected by the expiring DACA protections, while also increasing border security funding.

“We don’t want to shut down the government”. “And so we’re all committed to getting to yes, and we’re going to keep working hard until we get there”.

The House is only the first obstacle, however. On Tuesday, in a televised meeting with legislators, Trump seemed to dance between opposed positions on immigration: At one point, he said he would “like” to pass a “clean” DACA bill – meaning a bill with no other measures attached – only to be reminded by Republicans in the room that a clean bill was the opposite of his actual position.

During NBC’s “Meet the Press” Sunday, Democratic Sen.

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“He said, ‘Put me down for wanting more Europeans to come to this country”.

“There’s no sense for that to happen. We are trying to come forward with a compromise”. Tom Cotton in an interview on CBS’s “Face the Nation” with host John Dickerson.

But the politicking over who is to blame for a government shutdown is already well underway. The issue has always been a hot topic among Republicans and Democrats who have been unable to get on the same page for years.

At an event Sunday in San Francisco, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Trump was “completely wrong” about Democrats not wanting a DACA resolution. They’ve worked and paid taxes here.

Democrats in Congress say to Trump, “OK, but extend DACA’s protections first, then we’ll deal with the border wall and other stuff later”.

“And here we are with a bill which has growing Republican support, and Senator McConnell has said, never mind, we’re not going to take up this bill unless we get some sort of advanced approval from President Trump”, he added.

The plan would allow the government to be funded for around one more month. Brian Schatz, a Democrat from Hawaii tweeted over the weekend. “And let the people who want to play politics, let them play politics, but that’s not what this moment is about”. You have a vast agreement between the Democrats and the Republicans.

I urge all lawmakers on both sides: block out the noise and stick to your principles. Mr Trump, who has taken a hard stance against illegal immigration, announced past year that he will end the programme unless Congress comes up with a solution by March.