The White House immigration plan would allow as many as 1.8 million young immigrants to seek U.S. citizenship in exchange for billions of dollars for President Trump’s border wall and sweeping changes to the legal immigration system, senior administration officials said Thursday.
The White House is urging the Senate to draw up legislation based on the plan and introduce it the week Feb. 5, just days before the government funding is set to expire, though officials said they do not have an assurance it will be brought up.
Officials who described the plan to reporters framed it as Congress’ best chance to pass a fix for immigrants who benefit from the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which Trump terminated last year.
“This truly represents a bipartisan compromise position,” said one official, who requested anonymity to detail the proposal. “We have no doubt that if this legislation were brought to the floor, it would easily garner 60 votes.”
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#BREAKING: Trump to support path to citizenship for 1.8 million Dreamers: report https://t.co/aXcztb4grr pic.twitter.com/MT49mD5mmt
— The Hill (@thehill) January 25, 2018
I Just Received This From a Prominent Conservative in Georgia https://t.co/ns2NumHopd pic.twitter.com/CRJRpOvCJZ
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) January 25, 2018
Sources tell me Stephen Miller had a pretty feisty conference call just now with immigration hardliners. Lots of them hate the proposal. Seems like the WH has managed to piss off just about everyone!
— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) January 25, 2018
We knew he was lying when he said it. We told them so. They still won’t get it but will excuse this as well.
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