By unveiling a deal to end the government shutdown standoff, at its heart an exchange of border wall funding for extended protections for illegal immigrants and foreign nationals, President Trump took one step forward on compromise and two steps back on satisfying his base.
The deal Trump pitched Saturday afternoon included extensions for recipients of the Temporary Protected Status and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, programs in return for $5.7 billion for additional barriers at the southern border.
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