GOP senators: 'Dreamers' deal will likely end up in funding bill

Republican senators are predicting that a fix for a key Obama-era immigration program will end up in next month's government funding bill, as they search for ways to break a months-long stalemate.

Several GOP senators said Monday that the mammoth bill, known as an omnibus, would likely be the vehicle for a deal on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said that including a short-term deal on DACA in the omnibus was the most likely of three potential paths forward.

"That's probably the most likely thing, when we write the funding of the government bill we'll extend DACA legislatively, making it legal for a year or two and kind of punting it," Graham told reporters.

The other two options, in Graham's view, are Congress doing nothing or President Trump realizing there is a "sweet spot" that would pair a permanent fix for DACA with border wall funding.

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), while stressing she would rather have a permanent fix, predicted that a years-long immigration agreement in the March funding bill is likely.

http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-actio...n-funding-bill

Just let us be able to travel !

Grahan doesn't speak for GOP

*several GOP senators*

Two options:

1: Extend DACA for 2-3 years, no money
2: Money in exchange for path to legalization

No one will do an extension for 2-3 years for billions for wall funding, especially since SCOTUS has given at least 6 months for people to renew, which would give most people ~2020 expiration date.

I don't want any part of making a monument of hatred for a meaningless, temporary reprieve.

1 or 2 years? Just do three until this fucker is out of office

And then what?

Back to square one

"punt this issue"
fuck these pieces of shit.
im sorry we as americans have complete shitlords like flake, and crying cuck and co. to represent us

Exactly! I think the GOP should be more realistic now. Our backs are technically not against the wall anymore and they can’t expect Dems to go along with any demands.

Pretty much lmao