Reaching deal with Democrats ‘fairly close’

So swift and intense was the backlash that it sent Trump scrambling to reject the Democrats’ narrative and reaffirm his commitment to immigration and border security campaign pledges. We are talking about taking care of people, people who were brought here, people who have done a good job. In exchange for solving DACA, the president is demanding ramped-up border security, and while Democrats say they have already taken funding for a physical wall off the table, they may be willing to support sending more agents to the border along with additional drones and other border-security enhancements. Chuck Schumer of NY and Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California in a statement, according to Axios.

Trump kicked off the internal – yet public – debate as he left the White House for a trip to Florida to inspect damage wrought by Hurricane Irma. “We need border security and enforcement as part of our agreement”. Tom Cotton. The measure, endorsed by Trump, would no longer allow extended family like cousins and siblings to immigrate to the USA based on their ties to Americans.

Conservative commentator Ann Coulter said over Twitter, “At this point, who DOESN’T want Trump impeached?”

While DACA and border security were both discussed, excluding the wall was certainly not agreed to. We’re not looking at amnesty. “Because that’s been a major priority of this President”. Chuck Schumer, D-New York, after the White House meeting.

Representative Linda Sanchez, a Democrat from California who leads the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, said Schumer and Pelosi had insisted on the DREAM Act as part of negotiations, “not something that’s a half-measure, like the Curbelo bill”. “Trump wrote, “.They have been in our country for many years through no fault of their own – brought in by parents at young age. In an approach that would be consistent with Republican versions of DACA legislation, Trump told reporters Thursday afternoon, “We’re not looking at citizenship”. “If we don’t have the wall, we’re doing nothing”. Conservative news sites continued to mock the President that they have hitherto supported. He added, “Base perceives border to be porous; any “security” measures implemented must convince them you can no longer “walk right in” to USA”. “We’ve never seen anything like it”.

It was the second time in two weeks that Trump cut out Republicans to reach a deal with Pelosi and Schumer.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. with Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer of N.Y. speaks to reporters about President Donald Trump’s first 100 days, Friday, April 28, 2017, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.

“No, I don’t think the president actually understands what he’s saying half the time, so I’m afraid if he struck a deal with them that he’ll go back on his word at any time”, Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego told reporters.

“He likes us! He likes me, anyway”, said Schumer.

@RealDonaldTrump If AP is correct, Trump base is blown up, destroyed, irreparable, and disillusioned beyond fix.

The president’s early-morning tweets on the subject-which were not at all influenced by Breitbart screaming about “Amnesty Don”, I’m sure-only exacerbated the confusion.

Still, “it’s just impossible to say right now”, what will happen, they said.

Executive Chairman of Breitbart and former White House Chief Strategist Steven Bannon said in a recent interview with CBS’s “60 Minutes” that Trump’s mercurial stance on DACA and its recipients could cost him large swaths of his base and Republicans in the House in the upcoming elections. Despite promising to end DACA on Day One of his administration, Trump has struggled openly with the question of what to do about this sympathetic group of young immigrants.

He blindsided his party last week when he went around the Republican leadership to extend the U.S. debt limit and keep the government running, with the agreement of the Democrats.

“The thing everyone learned in 2016 is that Trump has more than nine lives”, said Matt Barreto, a professor of political science at UCLA and the co-founder of Latino Decisions, a polling company.

Frustrated with the cat-herding exercise that is dealing with the Congress, Mr Trump has become all about bipartisanship of late, reaching across the aisle to score some wins.

However, it is unclear when that would happen or if it would be a prerequisite for a DACA deal.