In order for Trump to sign the DREAM Act into law, GOP leaders who control both houses of Congress would first need to agree to bring the bill to the floor for a vote. The most likely path seems to be for Democrats to attach it to the must-pass fiscal legislation when it comes up again by early December.



Speaker Ryan demands border security

House Speaker Paul Ryan says border security must be a part of any compromise.

"We need to control our borders while we deal with this problem so that we don't have the same problem 10 years from now," Ryan said Thursday during his weekly news conference. "That's just perfectly reasonable."


Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois — a champion of the DREAM Act — says his party would accept some provisions for beefed-up border security — but within limits.


Durbin — who introduced the latest version of the DREAM Act with Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. — sounds hopeful about passing legislation that has failed for 16 years.

"When it comes to DACA and DREAM, we have 76 percent approval across the United States as people are considering the consequences of repealing it and deporting these young people," Durbin said. "I really think we have an opportunity here — one we haven't had in the whole time since I introduced it — to pass this on a bipartisan basis now."


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