DACA Fix Looms Over Talks To Prevent Government Shutdown
Leaders from both parties in Congress are headed to the White House on Thursday to discuss a deal to keep the government funded, and Democrats are seeking legal protection for so-called DREAMers.
by Kelsey Snell
Dec 07, 2017
4 minutes
Congress, once again, finds itself days away from a potential government shutdown and a fight over immigration could stand in the way of a deal to prevent it.
"It could happen," Trump told reporters on Wednesday. "Democrats are really looking at something that is very dangerous for our country. They are looking at shutting down. They want to have illegal immigrants in many cases, people that we don't want in our country, they want to have illegal immigrants pouring into our country."
Democrats say that's wrong on multiple counts â that they don't want immigrants streaming into the country illegally,
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