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Talks start next week to begin the year with a legislative fix for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program which is set to end in March. The program, which was an executive order from President Obama, was rescinded by executive order by President Trump.
This morning, the President reiterated demands he’s been making since early discussion with the Democrats:
The Democrats have been told, and fully understand, that there can be no DACA without the desperately needed WALL at the Southern Border and an END to the horrible Chain Migration & ridiculous Lottery System of Immigration etc. We must protect our Country at all cost!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 29, 2017
Top Capitol Hill representatives will be on hand in next week’s meeting, including Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi, Paul Ryan, and Mitch McConnell. The Democrats will push hard against the President’s desires, but may end up relenting in order to protect as many as 3 million illegal immigrants and their families who would be eligible for DACA protections.
Republicans have been quiet about the potential to legalize their status as many embraced President Trump’s campaign rhetoric about deporting all or most illegal immigrants, including DACA’s “Dreamers.” There has been little backlash from conservative media about the change in heart now that the President seems poised to help bring about some variation of amnesty for those he once condemned to future deportation.
There’s a very good reason for this. A majority of Americans have accepted the likelihood of Dreamers staying in the country, including many who once opposed their presence. This is why it’s so important for the President to get his wall funded and to reduce both chain migration and the lottery system that have been in the news every time there’s a radical Islamic terrorist attack on U.S. soil.
From the Washington Examiner:
Trump to huddle with congressional leaders next week as DACA talks begin
Most of the principles closely adhere to the pro-enforcement and restrictionist immigration policies Trump frequently promised to enact as a candidate, including the funding and complete construction of a wall along the Southwest border; hiring of additional personnel at immigration enforcement agencies, provision of incentives for states and local jurisdictions to oppose sanctuary policies and cooperate with federal law enforcement; and a nationwide employer verification mandate.
My Take
I’ve been an immigration hardliner myself in the past and for the most part I still am. However, we have to be pragmatic if we’re going to truly make a dent in the illegal immigration problem. The stakes are too high.
If the President can negotiate a deal that includes immediate funding for the border wall, an end to or significant reduction of chain migration, and massive lottery program reforms, accepting a form of amnesty for Dreamers should be a no-brainer. The real question is whether or not the Democrats are willing to curtail their voter importation programs.
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How about trading DACA for shutting down Planned Parenthood?
“Conservative Media” has now been unmasked as “liberal-lite” or “Republican Party-over-all” – even “Trumpian” – none of which are actually “conservative”.
Trumpian red-hats and Republican-party-propaganda pundits have lain siege to the term “conservative” and have more or less appropriated that term for themselves – in the process, destroying the meaning and principles behind true conservatism and making it just another synonym for “liberal-lite”. People like Hannity, Coulter, Rush Limbaugh, Eric Boling, Bill O’Reilley etc etc that have for years claimed the title “conservative” and “conservative media’ have now been unmasked as worshiping the New York Game Show Host Liberal and the Republican Party over their principles and supposed values.
Trust me, the mainstream American family member would not allow their children anywhere near Trump or most of his “conservative” cronies for fear of corrupting their values and / or having their children molested (particularly their daughters).
Most Americans have not changed their views on immigration, as evidenced by the Republicans being able t successfully use illegal immigration (including Dreamers) to gain and keep office. What Americans ARE starting to realize is that Wash DC is not listening and are likely to turn against Republicans (AND Democrats) (or just stay home until a true Conservative runs for office in a 3rd party).
IF Republicans vote for amnesty for the Dreamers as Trump may now be proposing, expect them to lose control of both Houses of Congress in 2018 as they’ve already lost the WH in 2020.