White House quietly threatened to veto spending legislation over 'dreamers' issue
Source: Washington Post
White House quietly threatened to veto spending legislation over ‘dreamers’ issue
Development came amid last-minute talks on legislation to avert government shutdown.
By Erica Werner
1/3/2020, 2:58:38 p.m.
Thirteen months ago, President Trump shut down much of the federal government over a bitter fight about his proposed wall along the Mexico border.
Last month, his top advisers drew the line over a much smaller target: a provision in Congress’s year-end spending legislation that would have allowed House members to hire immigrants known as “dreamers” to work on Capitol Hill.
In the end, Democratic lawmakers agreed to scrap the language, fearing an uncertain standoff with the White House in the midst of impeachment proceedings. It was one of just a handful of measures that senior Trump administration officials identified as completely unacceptable in final talks ahead of a Dec. 20 government shutdown deadline.
The provision in question would have applied to immigrants who had received temporary work permits under an Obama-era program the Trump administration is trying to end, called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA.
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