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Cornyn Says Democrats Hold Spending Bill Hostage on Immigration

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01-08-2018, 10:03 PM
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GOP Senator John Cornyn of Texas accused Democrats of holding “hostage” any agreement on a spending bill to prevent a government shutdown until they get assurances that young undocumented immigrants will be shielded from deportation.

Cornyn, the No. 2 Republican leader, said Monday he doubts lawmakers can resolve partisan differences before a Jan. 19 deadline.

Speaking to reporters a day before a White House meeting on immigration, Cornyn said Democrats won’t agree to new spending caps for domestic and defense programs that are key to writing a broad spending bill for this fiscal year. First, they are demanding a compromise that would include extending President Barack Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals protections for 800,000 immigrants, he said.


Lawmakers in both parties are digging in before the meeting among President Donald Trump, top administration officials and 20 lawmakers from both parties to see if they can agree on an immigration deal that would include protection for the young immigrants.

Trump has been reiterating his demands in recent days, seeking various immigration changes, including a fortified wall at the U.S.-Mexico border, an end to a diversity visa lottery system and an end to family-based immigration policies.

“We are going to end chain migration. We are going to end the lottery system. And we are going to build the wall,” the president said Monday at an event in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York blamed the White House, not Senate Republicans, for hampering the immigration talks.

“To throw down a list from the hard-line wing of the White House at the last minute is not a very fortuitous or smart thing to do,” Schumer said on the Senate floor Monday. He said the administration has repeatedly been a disruptive force in negotiations.

What a “wall” would look like has been the subject of debate among Republicans. Senator John Thune of South Dakota, the No. 3 Republican, told reporters Monday that “a wall can be defined in a lot of different ways.”
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01-08-2018, 10:04 PM
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blah blah same old
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I don’t like the wording “extending” what happened to permanent solution ....
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Aren't they holding us hostages for a wall?
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Aren't they holding us hostages for a wall?
Bipartisan negotiations continue in good faith among senators who understand what is at stake. These young people are simply out of time. #DreamActNow.

@SenatorDurbin

If shit was hitting the fan this would not have been posted ....
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Aren't they holding us hostages for a wall?
Not just the wall - internal enforcement, e-verify, restrict family migration, etc...
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Bipartisan negotiations continue in good faith among senators who understand what is at stake. These young people are simply out of time. #DreamActNow.

@SenatorDurbin

If shit was hitting the fan this would not have been posted ....
Interesting that Durbin posted this comment again (he had previously tweeted this Jan 5th).
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Fuck cornyn
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We will find out who is bluffing soon enough.
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Interesting that Durbin posted this comment again (he had previously tweeted this Jan 5th).
He is starting to sound like a broken record. He might care for us, but unfortunately his efforts have been completely futile. Only Obama was able to do something by enacting DACA.
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