Immigration hardliners angered by Trump’s softer tone on ‘Dreamers’

“I am personally just confident knowing President Trump that he is a compassionate individual,” said Rep. Chris Collins (R-N.Y.), one of the administration’s closest allies. On revoking DACA, “I don’t see that as top of his agenda.”

Trump's top deputies have relayed a similar message in recent days.

White House chief of staff Reince Priebus indicated on “Fox News Sunday” this week that Trump had no immediate plans to use his executive powers to unravel DACA. And press secretary Sean Spicer echoed that sentiment during his first briefings with the White House press corps.

"His priority is, first and foremost, people who pose a threat to people in our country, to criminals, frankly," Spicer said Tuesday. On DACA, "I think he’s continuing to make sure his Cabinet-level team starts to organize and create a plan to move forward with respect to that issue and that’s where we are right now."


http://www.politico.com/story/2017/0...reamers-234126

You ever get the feeling the news media wants to put a target on our backs. Lol.

There are signs that the pressure campaign — both public and private — to ensure Dreamers can work and stay and work in the United States is influencing the mercurial Trump.

In their first private meeting after his election, Obama repeatedly impressed upon Trump the value of the Dreamers who’ve benefited from DACA. It was one reason why their 90-minute meeting ran so long, according to Durbin, who said Obama had relayed that account to him and other Democrats.

“I’ve been encouraged because they have been making an exception for Dreamers with DACA,” Durbin, who has made rescuing Dreamers his top priority since Trump’s surprise election, said Tuesday. “Until we get the proper legislation passed, I’m going to be worried. But these statements make me feel better.”

Josh Gerstein contributed to this report.

^ is very encouraging

but do you guys think president trump will change his tone and and give in to the pressure of the anti-immigration hardliners?

DACA is here to stay if that's what you're asking but any DACA recipient who has even the slightest of misdeameanors should be slightly uncomfortable right now. DUI type of offenses, its even worse. This has been clear from the day Trump declared a bid to become President and its even more clear now. Don't know about the rest. For sure he's going to be very tough on legal immigration from islamic countries. There is no doubt about that. There is zero room for error on our parts with DACA. Stay clear with the law and I really think DACA recipients are in a very comfortable spot.

Well hardliners can suck my ****. Just wanted to put that out there.

Trump is a New Yorker, I am sure he does not give a fuck about the hillbilly retarded base.

It is all a show!

if you were a billionaire, would you really care about them? He only cares about his ego. What he is going tomorrow might save us, whatever crazy thing he is about to do in terms of the border.

I can't wait for them to realize that.

This man cares about building a legacy, how bad would it look for him to hurt us? He can always convince his ignorant fan base that we are as American as they are and that this country was built by immigrants bla bla bla you know the rest and those dumb hillbillies will be ok with that as long as it comes from their supreme leader.

Also it would help him with the Latino vote he needs to be re elected.

"I did what the Democrats couldn't and gave hope to these wonderful people" I can hear that speech already

Why would he need the Latino vote to be reelected? How did it help Hillary? Wouldn't just catering to his base who voted for him in 2016 and making sure their demands are met would get him reelected? I'm genuinely curious