Originally Posted by libertarian1776

“If Congress goes home for Christmas but leaves Dreamers out in the cold, the grassroots uprising will be scorching enough to boil snow,” said Ben Wilker, Washington director of MoveOn.org. “Every Republican and every Democrat should be on notice: Your Dreamer deadline is in December, and there will be no extensions.”

In a Thursday sit-down with a group of Latino reporters, Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., said he thinks there’s a good chance the fight over granting recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program some permanent status will spill into January.

“I don’t think that we’re as close as some people think we are,” Menendez said, pointing out that he isn’t in the group of senators currently involved in negotations.

On the House side, Rep. Carlos Curbelo, R-Fla., vented frustration over the pace of talks, saying leaders of a bipartisan working group should have presented a deal by now. Curbelo said that if language of some agreement wasn’t released this week then it would make passing a fix for DACA recipients extremely difficult before the end of the year. The language currently being worked on by the Problem Solvers Caucus has not been released.

“Congress must deliver the Dream Act in the next few days and Democrats must use all of their leverage to get this done,” he said on Thursday.