What Trump’s Immigration Offer Was All About
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RUSH: Here is the Trump proposal in a nutshell: A three-year extension of protection for DACA recipients. I think… What’s the number, 300,000 or 800,000 of ’em? A three-year extension of protection for immigrants under temporary status. $800 million in additional humanitarian aid for people showing up uninvited at the border. $805 million for new drug detection technology at our ports of entry. $782 million to hire an additional 2,750 border agents, law enforcement officers and staff. $563 million to hire 75 new immigration judge teams to fast track the processing.
That’s what Trump is offering in exchange for $5.7 billion to build the wall. Trump is gonna present this to the Senate since Nancy Pelosi is intractable on this. There are only 53 Republicans in the Senate, which would mean that seven Democrats have to join the Republicans, ’cause you need 60 votes for this. So it is my contention the president doesn’t expect this to pass.
It is my contention this proposal is made to demonstrate the president is willing to be cooperative, is willing to compromise, is willing to try to get things done, is willing to work with the Democrats to reopen government — while Pelosi wanted to be on a plane over to Afghanistan and Egypt and Brussels. While Pelosi was in Hawaii, while the Democrats are in Puerto Rico partying down with donors and lobbyists, Trump wants to be seen as trying to get everybody off the dime here!
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