Hispanic members unload on Dem leaders at 'tense' meeting

jaylove16 · 01-30-2018, 09:41 PM

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Hispanic lawmakers grilled Democratic leaders on Tuesday about the party’s strategy to protect so-called “Dreamers” — and walked away with tensions still running high and divisions deep.

With the next government funding deadline a little more than a week away, Democrats don’t have the appetite for another shutdown but they also don’t agree on what leverage they have to force Republicans into serious talks about a solution for Dreamers.

Very tense and stressful" was how Rep. Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-Calif.) described the meeting between the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and Democratic leaders from both chambers. “A lot of us are very concerned about what is going to happen with Dreamers and what the pathway is to get them the protections that they deserve and need.”

The gathering was the first opportunity since the shutdown for House members to vent to Senate Democratic leaders about the direction of stalled negotiations.

She added that a recent Schumer remark to the Washington Post — he said Dreamers shouldn’t “occupy the whole stage” of policy issues — “doesn’t send the proper message” and “only adds to the tension.”

“I disagree with the way in which he made that statement,” Lujan Grisham added.

Other members also took issue with Schumer's comment but said it reflects similar things he’s said privately about the Dreamers not needing to be the primary focus of ongoing spending talks.

Schumer’s office declined to comment.

Around twenty lawmakers attended the meeting, which included Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) and Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the second-highest ranking Democrats in the House and Senate.

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/...gration-379252

Dems better deliver .

RedBlueGreen · 01-30-2018, 09:53 PM

Schumer has been a huge disappointment.

Stunner310 · 01-30-2018, 09:54 PM

Pianoswithoutfaith · 01-30-2018, 09:55 PM

Yeah trump and the republicans should instead have Americans who been hurt by illegal aliens

I mean it's not like he hasn't it done before. That'll show us how much he really love us

IamAman · 01-30-2018, 10:56 PM

Yeah those mean Democrats who keep parading crime victims of MS-13 illegals to garner hatred of all undocumented immigrants. Those mean Democrats who sued to stop DAPA before it started. Those Democrats who ended DACA and want to end family immigration. Oh wait, it's the Republicans doing all those things.

RedBlueGreen · 01-30-2018, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by IamAman

Yeah those mean Democrats who keep parading crime victims of MS-13 illegals to garner hatred of all undocumented immigrants. Those mean Democrats who sued to stop DAPA before it started. Those Democrats who ended DACA and want to end family immigration. Oh wait, it's the Republicans doing all those things.

Both parties have us exactly at the same place. The Democrats had all the leverage in the world and they spent it on absolutely nothing. Nothing.

IamAman · 01-30-2018, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by RedBlueGreen

Both parties have us exactly at the same place. The Democrats had all the leverage in the world and they spent it on absolutely nothing. Nothing.

What leverage? In what universe do they have leverage right now?

RedBlueGreen · 01-30-2018, 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by IamAman

Yeah those mean Democrats who keep parading crime victims of MS-13 illegals to garner hatred of all undocumented immigrants. Those mean Democrats who sued to stop DAPA before it started. Those Democrats who ended DACA and want to end family immigration. Oh wait, it's the Republicans doing all those things.

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Originally Posted by IamAman

What leverage? In what universe do they have leverage right now?

They had leverage on the shutdown. Don’t say they didn’t. When Trump agreed on that extension last year, Republicans were freaking out, saying that come December Schumer and Pelosi were going to be the President. The shutdown was our chance and the Democrats did nothing with it.

Smooth · 01-30-2018, 11:11 PM

Schumer is my hero. I have his face tattooed on my nuts.

IamAman · 01-30-2018, 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by RedBlueGreen

They had leverage on the shutdown. Don’t say they didn’t. When Trump agreed on that extension last year, Republicans were freaking out, saying that come December Schumer and Pelosi were going to be the President. The shutdown was our chance and the Democrats did nothing with it.

You must live in an alternative universe because all the shutdown did was turn people who would normally support immigration reform against it.

What good does it do to go yell at the only people who support you? How is that courageous? It would have been courageous to go yell at Trump or Paul Ryan.

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