Simon Hammelkip schreef op 21 januari 2019 16:08:
February 2018 compromise immigration legislation
It included $25 billion over a decade to build a wall along the southern border and a path to citizenship for so-called Dreamers who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children. It also barred green card holders from sponsoring adult children for permanent residency and reoriented enforcement priorities to focus on criminals in the country illegally.
With support from Democrats it got 54 votes,
March 2018:
A second opportunity for Trump presented itself in March, when Congress faced a deadline to fund the government and the two parties began negotiations to attach immigration provisions to the measure. Congressional Democratic leaders offered the president $25 billion to build the wall in exchange for a path to citizenship for undocumented youth eligible for DACA.
But the White House and GOP leaders opposed that and offered only a two-and-a-half year protection for DACA beneficiaries in exchange for the $25 billion wall. Democrats said no, arguing that it’d permanently give Trump his wish while leaving Dreamers in limbo after a few years, according to people familiar with the negotiations at the time.
And so the talks fell apart.
Kortom: twee keer bijna, bipartisan maar trump veto. En dus mis, en nu moet het dan maar middels chantage?
www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-...