This DACA Deal Is All Over The Place – Here Is Everything You Need To Know
First, Trump, Schumer, and Pelosi had a deal. Then they didn’t. Follow the tick-tock of Trump’s immigration deal with NTK Network.
It has been a confusing 18 hours in Washington, D.C., and it’s all centered around the latest supposed deal between President Trump and the two leaders of the minority party, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).
BREAKING: Schumer, Pelosi announce deal with Trump to protect young immigrants; will include border security, but no wall.
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 14, 2017
If true, the deal would have been a major win for Schumer, Pelosi, and Democrats – getting the president to make permanent a program he once opposed, without insisting on payments for his top immigration priority, a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.
But Trump, in a Thursday morning tweetstorm, said there was “[n]o deal” on DACA on Wednesday night:
No deal was made last night on DACA. Massive border security would have to be agreed to in exchange for consent. Would be subject to vote.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 14, 2017
Trump also reiterated his support for both the “WALL” and for DACA:
The WALL, which is already under construction in the form of new renovation of old and existing fences and walls, will continue to be built.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 14, 2017
Does anybody really want to throw out good, educated and accomplished young people who have jobs, some serving in the military? Really!…..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 14, 2017
Trump expanded on his comments outside the White House on Thursday morning, saying Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) are “on board” with DACA, and correcting a reporter who suggested DACA is “amnesty.”
Trump on DACA: "We're working on a plan," says Ryan/McConnell are "on board." "The wall will come later." https://t.co/r9IBNTMTfY pic.twitter.com/PnFeuBGFrC
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) September 14, 2017
Asked whether he favors "amnesty," @POTUS – boarding Air Force 1 – shouted back: "The word is DACA."
— Hallie Jackson (@HallieJackson) September 14, 2017
As of Thursday morning, it’s unclear whether a deal will emerge, or what the parameters of that deal might be. However, Trump seems adamant on both building a wall and protecting so-called DREAMers, undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally by their parents.
