Trump says he won't sign GOP's
compromise immigration bill, by Melanie Zanona, 6/15/18
President Trump said on
Friday said that he would not sign the House GOP’s compromise
immigration bill, delivering a major blow to Republican leadership’s plans.
“I certainly wouldn’t sign
the more moderate one,”
Trump said on
“Fox & Friends” during an impromptu interview on the White House lawn. “I need a bill
that gives this country tremendous border security. I have to have that.”
GOP leaders reached an
agreement to hold two votes next week on a pair of
immigration bills including a compromise immigration bill, which is the
product of weeks of negotiations between moderate Republicans and
conservatives, and a more hard-line immigration measure from House
Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte(R-Va.).
Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) earlier in the week said that Trump was excited
about the compromise bill and seemed to be on board with the plan, which sticks
to the four main “pillars” outlined by the White House.
White House senior adviser
Stephen Miller, a hard-liner on immigration, told members of the
Republican Study Committee earlier this week that the Trump White
House expects to support both immigration bills coming to the House floor
next week.
During a closed-door lunch
meeting, Miller tried to rally support for the immigration compromise that
was still being crafted and said the White House likes where the process is
headed, according to a source inside the room.
But many conservatives
have remained skeptical of the effort because it provides legal protections for
up to 1.8 million "Dreamers," who were brought to the country
illegally as children. Some lawmakers were looking for an endorsement from
Trump to provide them some cover to vote for the bill.
The compromise measure creates a new
merit-based visa program for Dreamers, provides $25 billion for border
security, ends the diversity visa lottery program and limits family-based
migration — the four priorities outlined by Trump earlier this year.
The measure also ends the
separation of immigrant children and parents at the border, ends
“catch and release” immigration loopholes and contains a trigger mechanism to
halt the new visas if Congress denies funding for the wall.
GOP leaders plan to whip
the bill on Friday, with floor votes scheduled for next Thursday.
Comments
Trump wants the border
control, a border wall, tighter visa controls and an Immigration Policy based
on merit. He wants to end chain
migration and the visa lottery and seal off entry of illegals. He is no longer
interested in a special deal for DACA. – 6/18/18.
He should also put an
end to welfare for non-citizens and quit the UN refugee program.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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