The Trump administration has threatened to veto a so-called ‘bipartisan’ immigration bill – offered from Chuck Schumer and Susan Collins – that was being primed for a vote as soon as this afternoon.
The bill reportedly does not meet President Trump’s demands and White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement that:
“If the president were presented with an enrolled bill that includes the amendment, his advisors would recommend that he veto it.”
As The Hill reports, the bipartisan plan would shield 1.8 million young immigrants living illegally in the U.S., known as “Dreamers,” from deportation and provide $25 billion for border security measures – both elements of the White House’s immigration plan.
But the proposal does not go as far as the White House would like in curbing family-based immigration.
It would block Dreamers from sponsoring parents who knowingly brought them illegally into the country, but would not make broader changes to the family visa system demanded by Trump and his GOP allies in the House.
The White House said it “would undermine the safety and security of American families and impede economic growth for American workers” and result in “a flood of new illegal immigration in the coming months.”
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York called President Donald Trump “obstinate” and said the president “has stood in the way of every single proposal that has had a chance of becoming law.” A group of Democratic and Republican senators agreed on the proposal Wednesday after weeks of negotiations.
via Zero Hedge http://ift.tt/2o9QyMr Tyler Durden