Thom Tillis to Democrats: You're probably going to lose the battle on DACA

Copper · 12:00 PM

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Sen. Thom Tillis warned congressional Democrats not to expect a “one-sided deal” to address so-called Dreamers just because Congress faces a tough test to keep the government open.

The North Carolina Republican is part of a group of lawmakers negotiating on the immigration issue and said Republicans will engage with Democrats this week in hopes of moving forward.

“We’re making to very clear to (Democrats) that if they thinking a year-end deal that threatens a shutdown is a pure Dreamers-DACA codification, that they’re probably going to lose that battle,” Tillis told McClatchy.

He has sought what he calls a balanced approach to dealing with Dreamers – certain immigrants who, as children, were brought into the United States illegally by their parents.

Many of them were protected from deportation under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program, an executive order from former President Barack Obama. But President Donald Trump said he would end DACA, which conservatives call unconstitutional, while giving Congress until March to preserve the program through legislation.

Tillis introduced the SUCCEED Act in September. It would allow DACA recipients to obtain conditional permanent resident status and after 10 years would upgrade them to permanent status provided they met certain requirements. He wants to pair it up with enhanced border security and has endorsed a measure by Sen. John Cornyn with tougher immigration enforcement.

The requirements in Tillis’ bill are stricter than in the DREAM Act, Democrats’ preferred method for dealing with the nearly 800,000 DACA recipients.

Congress faces a Dec. 8 deadline to fund the government and keep it open. It could proceed with a short-term agreement or a series of them to fund the government into the new year. Trump told Republican senators, including Tillis, during a White House meeting in early November that a Dreamer fix should not be part of the year-end negotiations.

Democrats hold some leverage because some conservative House Republicans are not willing to vote for the spending deals, and the bill would need 60 votes in the Senate where Republicans hold 52 seats.

Several high-profile Democratic senators, including Kamala Harris of California, Cory Booker of New Jersey, Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, along with independent Bernie Sanders of Vermont have vowed not to support a spending bill without Dreamer protections.

http://www.kansascity.com/news/polit...187926604.html

jaylove16 · 12-04-2017, 12:02 PM

I think we are fine with border security and other reasonable measures attached. We just want it done this year!

eva02 · 12-04-2017, 12:13 PM

That motherfuxker is irrelevant

eva02 · 12-04-2017, 12:16 PM

Succeed Act is garbage!!!
Fuck republicans

2MoreYears · 12-04-2017, 12:18 PM

Nerve racking. I'm casting doubts on this whole strategy of shutting down the gov. Hate to be a party pooper but that's how I feel. I'm not too enthusiastic about it. Perhaps because I don't want to be disappointed. We'll see.

eva02 · 12-04-2017, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by 2MoreYears

Nerve racking. I'm casting doubts on this whole strategy of shutting down the gov. Hate to be a party pooper but that's how I feel. I'm not too enthusiastic about it. Perhaps because I don't want to be disappointed. We'll see.

Why the republicans will be blamed for it

year2010 · 12-04-2017, 12:23 PM

The language he used is "one-sided-deal", but I think at least Durbin is talking about a compromise. so I'm hoping some compromises will emerge. But someone just posted on another thread, that Durbin said he's hopeful but NOT confident.....and that, my friends, is unsettling.

Swim19 · 12-04-2017, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by 2MoreYears

Nerve racking. I'm casting doubts on this whole strategy of shutting down the gov. Hate to be a party pooper but that's how I feel. I'm not too enthusiastic about it. Perhaps because I don't want to be disappointed. We'll see.

No, it is still the best strategy. It might fail, but it's the only time Dems have any leverage.

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Originally Posted by year2010

The language he used is "one-sided-deal", but I think at least Durbin is talking about a compromise. so I'm hoping some compromises will emerge. But someone just posted on another thread, that Durbin said he's hopeful but NOT confident.....and that, my friends, is unsettling.

Durbin & Schumer have previously talked about adding some border security, so I don't think anyone believes it will be a one-sided deal.

Got_Daca · 12-04-2017, 12:42 PM

One sided deal?

Give me a fuking break

Nobody is pushing for one sided deal except UWD idiots

GOP is really firing with everything they got, up till the very last min

Demise · 12-04-2017, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Got_Daca

One sided deal?

Give me a fuking break

Nobody is pushing for one sided deal except UWD idiots

GOP is really firing with everything they got, up till the very last min

I think that 500 page border security bill containing fuck knows what vs Dream Act makes it a very one sided deal.

I don't think CIR 2013 was 500 pages despite overhauling literally everything.

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