The whole damn article has been bolded because everything is important and has to do with DACA.

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3...ursday-on-daca

BY JORDAIN CARNEY - 01/03/18 07:56 PM EST

A group of Senate Republicans are expected to meet with President Trump at the White House on Thursday as they try to get on the same page ahead of a looming fight over immigration.

"We're supposed to meet at the White House tomorrow, a number of Senate Judiciary Committee members, to talk more about DACA because everybody is trying to figure out what the path forward is," Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) told reporters on Wednesday.

The meeting comes as Democrats are angling to include a deal on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program as part of a mid-January showdown to fund the government and avoid across-the-board budget caps.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has promised to give a DACA fix a vote if negotiators can reach a deal this month, though he has not pledged to include it in a "must pass" bill, like a government funding agreement.

Cornyn signaled that Republicans are looking to get guidance from the president about what he would accept as part of any deal.

"I think as soon as the president will tell us 'okay this is something I could support' then I think that gives us I think a lot of room to go talk to Democrats and say 'okay this what our parameters are,'" he said.

The White House didn't immediately respond to a request for comment about the meeting.

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, has been leading talks among GOP senators on his panel, as well as with Sens. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), James Lankford (R-Okla.) and David Perdue (Ga.), about a potential deal that paired an immigration fix with a border security package.

A spokesman for Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), a member of the Judiciary Committee, confirmed that the GOP senator would also be taking part in Thursday's White House meeting.

The meeting with Trump comes after White House chief of staff John Kelly met with a bipartisan group of senators, including Cornyn, Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) and Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) last month.

Senators said after the meeting that they expected to get a list from the White House on what border security and related priorities it needs in any DACA deal.

Senators noted earlier Wednesday that they were still waiting for the list.