Shutdown threat growing over immigration fight

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill




BY JORDAIN CARNEY - 11/05/17 07:30 AM EST

Lawmakers are gearing up for an end-of-year fight over a key Obama-era immigration program, raising the chances of a government shutdown.

Senate Republicans and President Trump agreed during a closed-door White House meeting on Thursday that they would oppose addressing the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program as part of the December funding legislation.

But that stance is unacceptable to Democrats and their immigration allies, who want Congress to pass a legislative fix before going home for Christmas.

The fight over undocumented immigrants brought into the country as children is emerging as the largest hurdle to avoiding a government shutdown after Dec. 8.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/358718-shutdown-threat-growing-over-immigration-fight

[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. Don't let RepubliCONs frame a shutdown as anything Democratic. Set clean funding bill : no shutdown.

[Igel]

2. Should be.

It's the (D) senators' view whenever they're unable to pass the bill on their own. It's the (R) view whenever they're unable to pass the bill on their own.

It's an unnecessary cudgel used to manipulate others and profit off of misery and abuse of common sense. The resolution amount itself is sufficient grounds for a political free-for-all, who needs anything else.