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GOP Freedom Caucus Nears Deal On List Of Demands For DACA

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11-09-2017, 02:48 PM
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A vocal member of the House Freedom Caucus said Thursday that GOP leaders are close to cementing an immigration package that would couple new enforcement measures with protection for "Dreamers" -- and win the support of conservatives in the process.

Rep. Dave Brat (R-Va.) said the Republicans are eying a plan consisting of three components favored by conservatives: An effort to discourage chain migration; the creation of a mandatory e-verify system to deter illegal hires; and the elimination of the diversity visa program.

If those elements are included, Brat said, conservatives would support a fourth provision: protections for the undocumented immigrants eligible for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, an Obama-era initiate which President Trump dismantled in September.

"If we get those three, DACA could be a part of that," Brat told reporters just outside the House chamber. "I'm open to that compromise, but it can't be any weaker than that."

Brat did not say if the Republicans' DACA provision would allow for citizenship, as Democrats are insisting, or merely legalization, as many Republicans prefer. But he said "it's all being discussed within leadership right now," and that he spoke Wednesday night with Rep. Mike McCaul (R-Texas), chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, who's been central to the GOP negotiations.

"He's in the center of that issue and reached a compromise. ... It's a good package," Brat said, adding that conservatives come out ahead when the effects of all the components are added up.

"The numbers from those three pieces I just mentioned clearly outweigh the DACA -- by a lot," he said. "And so you're just saying, 'OK, we can deal with 700,000 here [in DACA] because we're getting a reduction in millions here.'"

That formula is sure to be rejected by Democrats, setting up a likely showdown at the end of the year, when Congress has to come together to fund the government and prevent a shutdown -- a process that will require Democratic buy-in.
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11-09-2017, 02:53 PM
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That's a bs plan. All of that should be included in CIR talks, not DACA. That plan isn't going anywhere.
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It's just part of the negotiation process. They're setting the bar as high as possible, just as democrats are by mentioning a clean dream act. The important part here is that they start to meet somewhere in the middle. Don't read too much into everything you read.
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They want it all.
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Didnt even know Freedumb Caucus was working on a package
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Didnt even know Freedumb Caucus was working on a package
They are but anything DACA related is just an after thought. They’re trying to get as much as they can in exchange for what will likely be a renewable bridge act lol.
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Everyone wants a piece of the DACA cake.
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Everyone wants a piece of the DACA cake.
Lol, this exactly. Every politician is trying to use it to his her advantage for political coverage. After all this, a lot of politicians are going to be famous.
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1. Discourage chain migration. Can be changed back after this administration.
2. e-verify will take a few years to be implemented. Can be changed back.
3. Elimination of the diversity visa program. Everybody wants that.

All this for DREAM Act.
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GOP Senators already said no to E-Verify. Diveristy visa program even Dems agree with that. Chain Migration is a no.
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