DREAM Act Portal Forum - DACA Tweets of the day by @ChatPergram

This will be from Oldest to Latest so you can follow as you read down. Link to his profile: https://twitter.com/ChadPergram I won't source each tweet with a link just quotes below.

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Pence at the Capitol for wkly GOP Senate lunch. I ask if there will be a separate immigration bill. Pence says immigration meeting at WH w/GOP senators was “Great. Good meeting today. Very good.”

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Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-TX) was uncharacteristicly mum as he returned. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) declined to take questions

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Lankford on the GOP strategy if Democrats insist on the DACA fix being attached to the spending bill. He says that was not addressed: That we’ll have to do with (Democrats) in the room. They weren’t in the room. We have to figure out what it means" In other words, how many relatives, if any qualify? Are there certain conditions? Countries, et al?

Lankford on when they may tackle the immigration DACA bill: The sooner the better..our deadline will be the first week of March

GOP OK Sen Lankford on senators discussing a border wall at the meeting: "Everyone has their own definition of a border wall."
Lankford on what Trump thinks of the lottery system: "He thinks that’s a foolish way to do things."

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GOP NC Sen Tillis on WH immigration mtg: "The President showed leadership by wanting to get people in a room."

GOP NC Sen Tillis on if Democrats try to attach a DACA fix to the spending bill: Our Democratic colleagues tried to do that before Christmas and that didn’t work out.

After WH immigation mtg, GOP NC Sen Tillis says he doubts that the President will change his mind and hop-scotch around on what he wants on immigration

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Trump: We need a physical border wall. We're going to have a wall.. remember that. We're going to have a wall to keep out dangerous drug traffickers. Any legislation on DACA must secure the wall..to stop illegal immigration and also to stop these overstays and crucially the legislation must end chain migration and must end the visa lottery.

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Cotton at WH immigration mtg: There is a deal to be had here. The President has made clear he wants to provide some kind of protection an deal with consequences. We have to end chain migration. We have to secure our border and enforce our laws.

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Trump on DREAMers: Hopefully everyone is going to work out. If we have support from the Democrats. I think DACA is going to be terrific. We have people who have been working on this issue for a long time. We're at a point where we can do something spectacular.

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Lankford/Tillis: Today’s meeting between the President and Senate Republicans was productive, and we are all on the same page when it comes to securing our borders once and for all and providing long-term certainty for DACA youth.
We have negotiated in good faith with Senate Democrats on a DACA agreement. Unfortunately, our discussions..with Democrats are much further apart, and that is key to getting a bipartisan deal on DACA.

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Mitch McConnell on spending bill:
We are in intense talks trying to resolve all of these issues..all of those talks are going well...I’m optimistic we can get resolution to all of those issues by January 19

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Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-TX) on DACA: “It’s clear to me the President wants to get this addressed.”
Cornyn on a possible agreement:
“I’m pretty encouraged..I was pleased with that meeting”

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on big meeting yesterday to avoid a government shutdown:
It was positive and productive

SCHUMER ALREADY BENDING:

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Sen. Schumer won't say if he'll tell Dems to vote against Jan. 19 bill that doesn't include DACA fix:

"We Democrats are hopeful we can get this all done and we’ve laid out a number of things we believe have to be in the bill"

- @HeatherScope https://twitter.com/heatherscope