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Trump Expected to Offer Deportation Reprieves in Exchange for Wall Funding

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Democratic lawmakers, however, were skeptical of the proposal and signaled that they would not negotiate until the government was reopened.
WASHINGTON — President Trump is expected to announce on Saturday his support for extending deportation reprieves in exchange for $5.7 billion in funding for a wall along the southern border with Mexico, as Republican lawmakers and White House aides have pressured him to end the shutdown.
Mr. Trump is expected to support extending the legal status of those holding temporary protected status, according to a White House official. The president is also expected to indicate support for the Bridge Act, bipartisan legislation that would allow about 740,000 immigrants who came to the United States illegally as children, known as Dreamers, to keep their work permits and deportation reprieves for three more years if they are revoked. The official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, however, cautioned that the president was often quick to change his mind and that his remarks could still shift before his planned announcement from the White House at 4 p.

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