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Mitch McConnell throws cold water on Democrats’ desire to see DACA fix in government spending bill

By Susan Ferrechio
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Mitch McConnell throws cold water on Democrats’ desire to see DACA fix in government spending bill

The Senate’s unfinished fiscal 2018 spending legislation will not be melded with an immigration reform measure, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday.

McConnell, R-Ky., said lawmakers will try to negotiate legislation in the coming weeks to protect so-called Dreamers and install new border security and immigration enforcement provisions.

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