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Daily DACA Round-Up: 1/8/18

Tried this a couple weeks ago... Holidays hit so I took a break, but I'll try to do a round-up of all the important developments in the DACA/Dream Act World.

The big storyline today is... Tomorrow, really. The White House is hosting a bipartisan group of legislators to discuss immigration.

Hispanic Caucus is not happy about the meeting, however.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hispanic Caucus

Tomorrow at 11:30AM the White House & a bipartisan group of legislators will meet to discuss #DACA & #Dreamers WITHOUT the Chair of the @HispanicCaucus, @RepLujanGrisham. RT if you think that the @WhiteHouse should give her a seat at the table. We think she's earned it!

(https://twitter.com/HispanicCaucus/s...44414593691648)

The White House released the list of those attending the meeting, including a notoriously anti-immigration Stephen Miller. Fourteen senators (9 R, 5 D; Including Cotton, Durbin, Flake, Graham and Perdue) and six congressmen are attending the meeting.

(https://twitter.com/seungminkim/stat...244545/photo/1)

Meanwhile, a couple big developments have happened executive-wise and legislative-wise:

First, DHS is revoking TPS from 200k+ Salvadorians. They will have until Sept. 9. 2019 to leave the U.S. Some senators are discussing the possibility of allocating 50k-ish GC given through diversity visa lottery to those affected by TPS.

(https://twitter.com/seungminkim/stat...05477863038977)

Second, two congressmen, Will Hurd (R-TX) and Pete Aguilar (D-CA), have released their own proposal, which includes a pathway to citizenship for "qualifying individuals" in exchange for the increase in immigration judges and attorneys and additional technological, financial and physical investment in border security.

But most importantly, the proposal is a "working draft," and the party leaderships on both sides has yet to endorse this proposal.

(https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/08/polit...led/index.html)

In terms of rhetoric, Democrats and Republicans are setting themselves up for a blame game, and Republicans are again floating the possibility of another CR into February.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Politico

Added a White House official: “I’m pessimistic that we’ll get a caps deal by the 19th… because I think the Dems are going to slow-walk this discussion until they get DACA in place, and I don’t think we will have a deal on DACA by Jan 19.”

But, will this work? Some are skeptical.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Politico

There’s an open question, however, about whether another short-term patch would even pass. Defense hawks like Reps. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) and Liz Cheney (R-Wy.) have sounded the alarm about the country’s ability to protect itself while operating on short-term funding patches.

(https://www.politico.com/story/2018/...28511?lo=ap_a1)

Rep. Curbelo (R-FL) again stated his opposition to another CR without a DACA fix (https://twitter.com/ChadPergram/stat...32322352402433), but some Democratic legislators remain skeptical that they will vote to shut down the government.

Quote:

Originally Posted by New Hampshire Public Radio

"I personally don’t think drawing lines in the sand is a helpful or constructive thing," Hassan said. "Shutting down the government impacts lots and lots of people."

Both New Hampshire (Democratic) senators said while they support keeping so-called Dreamers in the country, shutting down the government isn’t in anyone’s interest.

(http://nhpr.org/post/shaheen-hassan-...aca-0#stream/0)

Republicans are stressing a need to get something that they can sell as a wall. Democrats don't think they will vote on passing a DACA fix if it includes funding for a wall.

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Originally Posted by Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX)

“I will certainly vote against it, and I know most Democrats will vote against it,” Castro said on MSNBC.

(http://thehill.com/homenews/house/36...s-wall-funding)

Meanwhile, here are some interesting articles and remarks:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phil Mattingly (CNN correspondent)

Flake on what a final deal would look like compared to the list of WH asks for a DACA deal: “This is going to be a lot shorter list than they envision.”

(https://twitter.com/Phil_Mattingly/s...02585328459779)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul McLeod (Buzzfeed Capitol Hill reporter)

Lindsey Graham describing Trump's approach to a DACA deal: "He has been very refreshing, like 'I want to get a deal, I have nothing against these kids, I just want to get my wall.'"

(https://twitter.com/pdmcleod/status/950502170243293184)

A court case on DACA is also moving along.

(https://www.law.com/newyorklawjourna...20180008212013)

That's it for now! If there's anything missing, let me know. I'll see you tomorrow. May God smile in our favor.