President Trump Offers Path To Citizenship

President Trump is offering a path to citizenship for DACA recipients in the framework of his immigration plan which is set to be released on Monday:

“President Trump told mainstream media reporters on Wednesday that he was open to breaking his immigration commitment by giving a pathway to U.S. citizenship to nearly 800,000 illegal aliens shielded from deportation by the President Obama-created Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

In statements outside the White House, Trump told the Associated Press (AP) that he would be open to giving U.S. citizenship to DACA illegal aliens, saying “It’s going to happen.” …”

We still have no idea how far this will go. The good news is that Dick Durbin has announced that the Gang of 6 bill is dead. The bad news is that Durbin and Graham are working on a replacement DACA deal with more than thirty senators. Graham says this is the biggest push ever for an immigration deal in the Senate. It is worth noting that the Gang of 6 bill had around 57 votes.

We should know more Monday:

“Press secretary Sarah Sanders told reporters in Wednesday’s briefing that the White House will release an immigration deal bill framework on Monday.

“Last fall the White House sent Congress a list of the core reforms necessary to fix our immigration system,” said Sanders. The list was compiled in considering talks on the issue with frontline law enforcement officers and career public servants. …”

Basically, we are still where we were at before the government shutdown. As things stand today, I wouldn’t be surprised if some kind of bill passed the Senate only to die in the House like the Gang of 8 bill. This seems like nothing more than a huge waste of time in an election year.