Democrats fear giving leverage to Trump as DACA deadline approaches

Democrats are growing increasingly worried that the closer Congress gets to the March 5 deadline imposed by President Trump to pass a bill helping the Dreamers, the more leverage the president will gain in the ongoing negotiations.

After killing the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program last year, Trump told Congress they had until March 5 to pass a legislative fix for the Dreamers, or young undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children. But with just a month left before the deadline, a deal remains elusive.