Earlier today, as the Associated Press reported, President Donald Trump proposed offering temporary protection for “Dreamers,” immigrants who arrived to the United States…
Earlier today, as the Associated Press reported, President Donald Trump proposed offering temporary protection for “Dreamers,” immigrants who arrived to the United States illegally as children, in exchange for border wall funding.
Democratic Party leaders have signaled that they will reject the offer.
Trump critics, politicians, immigration experts, and civil liberties advocates are slamming the president’s proposal, Business Insider reports.
Democratic politicians are pointing out that it was Trump who had taken away protections for Dreamers in the first place. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was quick to point out that offering some immigrant protections back in exchange for border wall funding is not actually a compromise but “more hostage taking.”
“It is unlikely that any one of these provisions alone would pass the House, and taken together, they are a non-starter,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in a statement, adding that the proposal does not include permanent solutions and is therefore unacceptable.
