room as he has done on many occasions. tell me this should not scare you to death.
At one point, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a California Democrat, suggested to Trump that Congress could pass the "Dream Act" alone, which would provide a path to citizenship for DACA recipients and which has been Democrats' starting point demand, and then turn to comprehensive reform.
When Trump indicated he would agree to that, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy said border security would have to be part of the package, prompting Trump to say that's what he thought Feinstein meant, and then a flurry of clarifications.
Trump then both endorsed doing comprehensive immigration reform sooner and later.
But then a few minutes later, Trump said DACA could come first and reform could come down the road, or immediately after.
AT ONE POINT TRUMP SAID - THE AGREEMENT WILL BE WHATEVER THEY DECIDE - I WILL
SIGN WHATEVER THEY SEND ME - PARAPHRASING.
http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/09/politics/donald-trump-immigration-contradictions/index.html
Yet over nearly an hour, and with television cameras running, Trump took nearly every conceivable position in the debate: He backed a “clean” bill to extend DACA, protect the so-called “Dreamers,” and bolster border security, absent the more controversial immigration measures conservatives want; then, he said he’d “take the heat” for a more comprehensive immigration overhaul along the lines of what Trump had denounced as a candidate in 2016; later, he demanded that Congress fund the southern border wall as part of the initial DACA deal, reinserting the wrench that has held up the immigration talks for weeks.
Finally, Trump said he’d sign whatever immigration bill Congress could send him. “I’m not saying I want this or I want that. I will sign it,” he told the group.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politic...ion-white-house-meeting-congress-daca/550100/
At one point, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a California Democrat, suggested to Trump that Congress could pass the "Dream Act" alone, which would provide a path to citizenship for DACA recipients and which has been Democrats' starting point demand, and then turn to comprehensive reform.
When Trump indicated he would agree to that, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy said border security would have to be part of the package, prompting Trump to say that's what he thought Feinstein meant, and then a flurry of clarifications.
Trump then both endorsed doing comprehensive immigration reform sooner and later.
But then a few minutes later, Trump said DACA could come first and reform could come down the road, or immediately after.
AT ONE POINT TRUMP SAID - THE AGREEMENT WILL BE WHATEVER THEY DECIDE - I WILL
SIGN WHATEVER THEY SEND ME - PARAPHRASING.
http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/09/politics/donald-trump-immigration-contradictions/index.html
Yet over nearly an hour, and with television cameras running, Trump took nearly every conceivable position in the debate: He backed a “clean” bill to extend DACA, protect the so-called “Dreamers,” and bolster border security, absent the more controversial immigration measures conservatives want; then, he said he’d “take the heat” for a more comprehensive immigration overhaul along the lines of what Trump had denounced as a candidate in 2016; later, he demanded that Congress fund the southern border wall as part of the initial DACA deal, reinserting the wrench that has held up the immigration talks for weeks.
Finally, Trump said he’d sign whatever immigration bill Congress could send him. “I’m not saying I want this or I want that. I will sign it,” he told the group.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politic...ion-white-house-meeting-congress-daca/550100/
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