Tag: Dick Durbin

Now that President Trump has expressed openness to giving DACA recipients a path to citizenship so long as his border wall gets built, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., should accept the deal. This is because, while more details are coming, the latest Trump-offer isn't that different from the late Schumer-offer. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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How can Chuck Schumer say no? Trump just gave Democrats everything they wanted

Philip Wegmann · January 25, 2018 11:59 pm

President Trump said Wednesday that his administration would consider offering a path to citizenship for so-called "Dreamers" in exchange for funding for his promised wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, changes to the diversity lottery program, and limits on so-called chain migration. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump to support pathway to citizenship for 1.8 million DACA-eligible immigrants

Al Weaver, Sarah Bedford, Gabby Morrongiello · January 25, 2018 10:06 pm

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., is a Republican outlier in the immigration debate. He stands with an arm of the GOP indebted to corporate donors and Democrats hoping to import enough voters they'll never lose another election. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Americans stand with Stephen Miller on immigration, not Lindsey Graham

Ryan Girdusky · January 25, 2018 9:48 pm

A Republican aide told the Washington Examiner that Sen. Lindsey Graham's continued involvement in negotiations could jeopardize the chances of striking a viable immigration deal, in part because White House officials are unhappy with him over the comments he made about John Kelly and in part because Republican lawmakers are generally skeptical about Graham's stances on immigration. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

White House sidelines Lindsey Graham after rejecting his DACA deal with Dick Durbin

Sarah Bedford · January 25, 2018 4:26 pm

President Trump won the shutdown fight with Senate Democrats, because he was willing to frame the issue as a choice between funding the government, including the military, and helping illegal immigrants. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Michael Barone: Eschewing euphemisms frames the immigration issue Trump’s way

Michael Barone · January 25, 2018 5:24 am

"President Obama tried and couldn't fix immigration. President Bush tried and couldn't do it," Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said in a statement on Wednesday. "I believe President Trump can." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Lindsey Graham: ‘I believe’ President Trump can fix immigration

Diana Stancy Correll · January 25, 2018 12:59 am

On Wednesday, President Trump said that he is open to considering a pathway to citizenship for DACA recipients, as well as extending the deadline for Congress past March 5. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump weighing path to citizenship of ’10 or 12 years’ for DACA recipients

Sarah Bedford · January 25, 2018 12:06 am

On Wednesday, senators agreed to create a bipartisan bill to resolve the status of DACA recipients. Lawmakers decided that ideas should filter through the two Senate whips - Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, (pictured above) and Minority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill. - who will then work together to write a bill. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Senators agree on plan to write bipartisan immigration bill

Susan Ferrechio · January 24, 2018 11:25 pm

Here Are the Immigration Proposals Congress Is Considering

Haley Byrd · January 24, 2018 8:45 pm

White House press secretary said the legislative framework for an immigration policy "will fulfill the four agreed-upon pillars: securing the border and closing legal loopholes, ending extended family chain migration, and providing a permanent solution on [the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program]." (AP Photo/Elliott Spagat, File)

White House to offer immigration plan Monday

Gabby Morrongiello · January 24, 2018 7:53 pm

When senators met at the White House to discuss immigration as Congress voted to reopen the government, Sen. Tom Cotton was there and Sen. Lindsey Graham was not. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Who Trump is listening to in DACA talks

W. James Antle III · January 24, 2018 5:01 am

Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on Monday withdrew an offer he made to President Trump last week that in exchange for protecting so-called "Dreamers," Democrats would agree to $25 billion for border security, including a wall. Schumer made that offer after Trump invited him to the White House to try to negotiate an accord on federal funding that was hours away from expiring. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Immigration deal in jeopardy after Democrats retract border wall funding

Susan Ferrechio · January 23, 2018 10:11 pm