Democrats Reject Trump Border Wall Proposal, Calling It A 'Non-Starter'

[Captain Obvious]

Love the pic.

I think some of this was already posted but... meh

https://www.npr.org/2019/01/19/68687...-in-wall-money

With negotiations over reopening the government at a standstill, President Trump offered to backtemporary protections for some immigrants brought to the country illegally as children, many of whom are now adults, in exchange for funding for a wall on the Southern border.
In a White House speech on Saturday, Trump also offered to extend the Temporary Protected Status program that blocks deportation of certain immigrants fleeing civil unrest or natural disasters.
The proposal had multiple components, including requests for:

• $800 million for urgent humanitarian assistance;
• $805 million for drug-detection technology to secure ports of entry;
• 2,750 additional border agents;
• 75 new immigration judge teams for a court backlog of nearly 900,000 cases;
• Allowing Central American minors to apply for asylum in their home countries;
• $5.7 billion for strategic deployment of physical barriers, or a wall, but not, Trump said, a 2,000-mile concrete structure. The president said he wants to add 230 miles this year and claimed the crime rate and drug problem "would be quickly and greatly reduced" and that "some say it would be cut in half."

In exchange for:

• Three years of legislative relief for some 700,000 recipients of the Obama-era initiative known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, which protects some immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children from deportation. The Trump administration had moved to end DACA, but the decision was challenged in court and is currently held up in legal proceedings. Trump's proposal would give an extension of legal status;
• A three-year extension of Temporary Protected Status for some 300,000 facing expiration;

The president said these measures would allow three more years of certainty to work on a larger immigration deal.
However, even before he spoke, the deal appeared to be dead on arrival with Democratic leaders. They insisted Trump needs to open the government before beginning any negotiations over border security or barrier funding.

[Private Pickle]

Political hacks are hacks.

[Crepitus]

Love the pic.

I think some of this was already posted but... meh

https://www.npr.org/2019/01/19/68687...-in-wall-money

His proposal is nothing more than an insulting joke. If he had offered a path to citizenship for the daca kids it might have been a decent starting point but a measly extension?

No way.

[Private Pickle]

His proposal is nothing more than an insulting joke. If he had offered a path to citizenship for the daca kids it might have been a decent starting point but a measly extension?

No way.

Right. Compromise. What an insult!

[Jeb!]

Poor CACA's. Shame on Democrats!

[Common]

Screw daca and everyone else that came here illegally, we owe them nothing

[Hoosier8]

His proposal is nothing more than an insulting joke. If he had offered a path to citizenship for the daca kids it might have been a decent starting point but a measly extension?

No way.

One thing is certain, the democrats are more concerned about illegals than American citizens.

[stjames1_53]

One thing is certain, the democrats are more concerned about illegals than American citizens.

............well, at least that's what they claim
They really don't care about any American citizen at all...............
Wonders what Hillary would do (WWHD) lol

[Peter1469]

His proposal is nothing more than an insulting joke. If he had offered a path to citizenship for the daca kids it might have been a decent starting point but a measly extension?

No way.

The president has no authority to make DACA permanent. That is a legislative function.

[alexa]

Right. Compromise. What an insult!

There was no compromise.

Derp