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Ds were gonna give him ALL of the border wall money that he wanted - like $25B - and he still backed out.
by bradleyankrom 9y ago
Ds were gonna give him ALL of the border wall money that he wanted - like $25B - and he still backed out.
- dahdum 9y agoThey didn’t want to budge on chain migration or the lottery, Trump ran on both those so wasn’t going to budge either. He didn’t back out so much as never get in. Wish congress would have moved forward and put a bill on his desk, despite his statements he would have had to sign it or lose face.
- nkassis 9y agoMcConnell and Ryan refuse to consider bills unless 50% of their party supports it. This essentially prevents any bipartisan deal on issues such as immigration.
- bradleyankrom 9y agoPolls have indicated that the DREAM Act is supported by an overwhelming majority[0]. If representatives don't mirror that support, then the problem is with them, not the bill. [0] http://www.politifact.com/california/statements/2017/sep/19/nancy-pelosi/nancy-pelosi-claims-three-quarters-americans-suppo/ http://www.politifact.com/california/statements/2017/sep/19/...
- dahdum 9y agoTrump's issue was with what was left out. '68 percent of Americans said they oppose "the lottery that randomly picks 50,000 people to enter the U.S. each year for greater diversity.' https://www.npr.org/2018/01/23/580037717/what-the-latest-immigration-polls-do-and-dont-say https://www.npr.org/2018/01/23/580037717/what-the-latest-imm... Family based (chain migration) is more evenly split according to article.
- bradleyankrom 9y agoThe lottery system doesn't select random people, they're qualified and vetted before being put in the selection pool.
- dguaraglia 9y agoYou are right! But also, the problem is that in red states, Republicans have managed to gerrymander the crap out of their districts to ensure they won't get unseated no matter how badly they represent their constituents.
- zaroth 9y agoThe funding in that bill was over 10 years, with very little up front. It was also missing key immigration reforms that Trump said he needed to see. He is pretty clear about what he wants to see, and I’m pretty sure that he sees no deal as better than a bad deal. He’d rather keep the issue in play through mid-terms, or collect some additional policy points (gun control?) that he can throw in the mix to ultimately craft a bill that achieves his core policy objectives around national defense and immigration. I think immigration policy will be the big issue for the midterms, it will be interesting to see it all play out.
- bradleyankrom 9y ago> He is pretty clear about what he wants to see Going to have to disagree on that. At best, his policy positions can be described as tenuous... more typically, amorphous.
- omegaworks 9y ago> It was also missing key immigration reforms that Trump said he needed to see. "Key immigration reforms" is a great way to spin additional constraints on legal family-reunification, that exact program which allowed Melania's family to join her here in this country. He's closing the doors that he and his family used to come here and amass wealth.
- zaroth 9y agoWell it was more than just chain migration he wanted changed. Also the “diversity lottery” and overall limits. No question Trump represents a large segment of Americans who want to see less immigration overall, and more selective granting of visas and green cards. The doors, so to speak, would remain decidedly open, to the tune of about a half million green cards per year. Historically average.
- bradleyankrom 9y agoVisas would be disproportionately skewed toward people from well-off countries, effectively closing the door to people who want to pursue better lives in America for themselves and their families.