Trump’s new immigration proposal could go further than 2018 DACA deal

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President Donald Trump teased his openness this week to a deal that provides a pathway to citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants in the United States, but it is not something that he can do alone.

Trump’s openness to a “deal” to allow illegal immigrants who have lived and worked in the country for 10 or 15 years to gain legal status would go far beyond the agreement he sought to lock down in 2018, during his first term.

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