Trump: 'There'll be no approvals from me' on House immigration moves without border wall, tougher...
Source: Politico
Trump: 'There'll be no approvals from me' on House immigration moves without border wall, tougher security
By LOUIS NELSON 05/24/2018 07:30 AM EDT
President Donald Trump said Wednesday he will veto any immigration legislation that emerges from Congress that does not include funding for a border wall and improved border security measures, a warning shot at moderate House Republicans pushing GOP leadership for a vote on immigration proposals.
“Unless it includes a wall, and I mean a wall, a real wall, and unless it includes very strong border security, there’ll be no approvals from me. Because I have to either approve it or not,” the president said in a Fox News interview that was taped Wednesday and aired Thursday morning. “There are bills going through. I'm watching one or two of them. We'll see what happens, but I can tell you there is a mood right now for border security.”
In the House, some moderate Republicans have partnered with Democrats in backing a discharge petition, a maneuver which, if it garners enough signatures, would force a floor vote on legislative proposals to protect Dreamers, undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, from deportation. Such a move would go against the wishes of Republican leadership, which has urged lawmakers not to sign onto the petition.
GOP moderates are demanding that any Republican immigration deal must include a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers – something the conservative wing of the party has opposed – if they are to back off of their discharge petition threat.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/24/trump-immigration-house-discharge-607124
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