Trump predicts DACA deal ‘will never happen’ unless more Republicans elected

Published February 23, 2018 5:06pm ET



President Trump said Friday that Democrats in Congress have given up on an immigration deal, and that protections for young illegal immigrants with temporary work permits and low deportation priority may lapse because of it.

“The Senate Democrats and the House Democrats have totally abandoned DACA, they don’t even talk to me about it. They have totally abandoned it,” he said, referring to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

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