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Several different factions in Congress have discrete aspects of immigration policy that they want to change — and they’ve been quietly laying down markers about what changes they’d like to see, in the hopes of assembling a compromise from some or all of the existing proposals if and when Congress really is forced to act.
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What the Trump White House wants, however, is a comprehensive crackdown paired with a much-less-than-comprehensive legalization bill. It’s way outside the goalposts that Congress has set so far — and way more favorable to the hardliners. And the process of getting it or anything like it through Congress would result in exactly the kind of comprehensive, free-for-all immigration debate that congressional leadership has been anxious to avoid — and that the White House can’t control.
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The article goes on to describe the different immigration factions. It's too much to post it all, so if interested read
full article here:
The “merit-based legal immigration” faction
The “Deportation Force” faction
The “build a smarter border” faction
The “protect the DREAMers” faction
It's a long article, but worth the read. I think it's a good analysis of what is going on.