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Originally Posted by 2Face
This is the best assessment I've seen thus far. And once something is proposed, watch those Dems very closely. They will try to act like they care and try to back out slowly. Dems need to initiate some pressure now on Mitchy and Company.
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Mitch himself is up for re-election so it'll be an interesting time. I don't see him make any comments on DACA, only talks about judges on his twitter. If dems reject a good DACA deal then Trump will unload on them and hopefully that's enough to actually get something passed.
By good deal, I mean you can't even argue it's a bad deal. Just some money for whatever project (most likely border security) for USA ACT or better. If the deal tries to touch any immigration law, then dems have a reason to reject it and they probably will. Really the best move politically is to do nothing until after the election for dems, they have the upper hand in this situation.
I just don't think you'll get Miller & Co's approval so chances are slim unless they're pushed to the side. If Trump gives a good deal, dems might take it. Both sides will brag but Trump will win back latino votes before 2020. Taking DACA away is also important because DACA enjoys a lot of support. Trying to kill DACA a second time without any good deals to offer will lose the latino vote for sure and that has very strong implications. One senator in Texas (Cornyn) is up for re-election and he might lose because of it.