10-22-2018, 11:33 PM
There's no way around it Mags. Trump is lying again when he says the Democrats are obstructing immigration reform. Many of us watched what happened real-time and there's plenty of video and written documentation available.
The Dems worked with Republicans to draft an immigration reform proposal and met with Trump live on tv. Trump said he would sign any bi-partisan immigration bill they supported.
Then, Trump turned around and reneged, saying he wouldn't sign unless he got $20 billion for The Wall. So, the bi-partisan group added the funding to their proposal.
And still................Speaker Ryan couldn't get enough Republican votes in the House to pass anything. The Freedom Caucus wouldn't get behind the bi-partisan proposal, which had broad support and might have passed the Senate, because they didn't find the proposal conservative/strict enough for their tastes.
And, the rest of the Republican House would not support the Freedom Caucus's immigration bill because it was too conservative/strict and would hurt their re-election bids.
McConnell isn't gonna draft immigration legislation out of the Senate and take a vote when he knows it couldn't pass the House anyway so long as it's clear the Freedom Caucus won't align with the rest of the Republican party.
So, nothing changes in terms of immigration legislation/policy............. and Republicans continue to vilify and bitch about immigrants and deflect the blame onto Democrats (which actually seems to work in driving enthusiasm with Trump's core base).
On the issue of immigration reform, it is not the Democrats stalling progress. The Dems have reached across the aisle. And, they have capitulated to Trump. It is instead the divide within the Republican party when it comes to immigration philosophy and policy that's holding up reform at present. That's a fact.
The Dems worked with Republicans to draft an immigration reform proposal and met with Trump live on tv. Trump said he would sign any bi-partisan immigration bill they supported.
Then, Trump turned around and reneged, saying he wouldn't sign unless he got $20 billion for The Wall. So, the bi-partisan group added the funding to their proposal.
And still................Speaker Ryan couldn't get enough Republican votes in the House to pass anything. The Freedom Caucus wouldn't get behind the bi-partisan proposal, which had broad support and might have passed the Senate, because they didn't find the proposal conservative/strict enough for their tastes.
And, the rest of the Republican House would not support the Freedom Caucus's immigration bill because it was too conservative/strict and would hurt their re-election bids.
McConnell isn't gonna draft immigration legislation out of the Senate and take a vote when he knows it couldn't pass the House anyway so long as it's clear the Freedom Caucus won't align with the rest of the Republican party.
So, nothing changes in terms of immigration legislation/policy............. and Republicans continue to vilify and bitch about immigrants and deflect the blame onto Democrats (which actually seems to work in driving enthusiasm with Trump's core base).
On the issue of immigration reform, it is not the Democrats stalling progress. The Dems have reached across the aisle. And, they have capitulated to Trump. It is instead the divide within the Republican party when it comes to immigration philosophy and policy that's holding up reform at present. That's a fact.