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White House press secretary Sarah Sanders announced Thursday that President Trump will roll out his priorities for immigration reform by next Wednesday. "The president will be laying out his responsible immigration plan over the next week," Sanders told reporters during the briefing.
President Donald Trump called Arkansas' Republican Sen. Tom Cotton this week to assure him that a deal with Democrats on immigration isn't there yet, the senator said Sunday. "I think the president has said publicly that there's not a deal, that he wants to see a deal--in fact he called me a couple night's ago to say there's no deal," Cotton said on Sunday's "Meet The Press."
From the presidential campaign of Ross Perot , to the lackluster launch of the vapid " No Labels " campaign, to the equally yawn-worthy " Reformocon " movement, the romantic ideal of Americans putting aside their differences and coming together to develop real, pragmatic solutions to the country's biggest problems enchants the commentariat class. These panegyrics to moderation usually emerge after congressional congestion gets in the way of ambitious legislation.
The next six months are going to tell us a lot about what kind of country this is, and whether the United States Congress is still capable of fulfilling its constitutional duties. That's because Congress now has a deadline, and unlike past deadlines, it's not one that can just be postponed through a continuing resolution or legislative trick.
New York and Washington state on Monday vowed to sue President Donald Trump if he scraps a program shielding from deportation immigrants who came to the United States illegally as children. The Trump administration is expected to announce on Tuesday that he will end the so-called Dreamers program but give the US Congress six months to craft legislation to replace it, according to sources familiar with the situation.
President Trump's forthcoming decision on the fate of so-called Dreamers - unauthorized immigrants who were brought to the U.S. before adulthood - could have far-reaching consequences not only for his quest for immigration reform and an impenetrable border wall. As the Washington Examiner reported last week, Trump is under mounting pressure to terminate or phase out the Obama-era Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals program that protects nearly 800,000 undocumented youth before a coalition of conservative state attorneys general sue his administration for what they see as unlawful amnesty.
The Democrats are united on what they want but disagree on how far they should go. The Republicans can't even agree on what they want, much less how to get it.
Shuttling across the country aboard Air Force Two, Vice President Mike Pence has been a loyal messenger for President Donald Trump. At the same time, he has been carving out his own political identity as the steady understudy to a mercurial president.
Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events Maggie Zurawski holds a sign in reaction to President Trump's presidency on Jan. 20 in Athens, Ga. The New York Times reports that some Republicans may be contemplating either a presidential run if President Trump isn't on the ballot in 2020 or some type of primary challenge.
Last week, President Donald Trump endorsed an immigration bill put forth by Senators David Perdue and Tom Cotton. The reaction was swift yet predictable.
The administration rolled out its new immigration policy at the White House Wednesday during a week when nothing has gone well for the president. President Donald Trump has failed at health care reform.
Vice President Mike Pence looks on as President Donald Trump speaks at the White House in March. Pence appears to be cementing his status as Trump's heir apparent, promoting himself as the conduit between Republican donors and the administration.
No single issue has been a greater animating force for the Republican base over the past decade than immigration - except maybe the Affordable Care Act . And with the failure of GOP health care efforts in Congress and sliding poll numbers this summer, the Trump White House seems to be making a concerted effort to elevate cultural wedge issues, from immigration and a announcing a ban on transgender people in the military to affirmative action and police conduct.
After a crackdown on illegal immigration that has sharply reduced the number of unauthorized border crossings from Mexico, U.S. President Donald Trump is now turning his attention to reducing the number of legal immigrants in the country. The White House is throwing its support behind a bill developed by Republican senators Tom Cotton of Arkansas and David Perdue of Georgia that would cut legal immigration by 50 percent over 10 years by reducing the kinds of relatives immigrants can bring into the country.
President Donald Trump has embraced legislation that would dramatically reduce legal immigration and shift the nation toward a system that prioritizes merit and skills over family ties. Trump joined with Republican Sens. David Perdue of Georgia and Tom Cotton of Arkansas to promote the bill, which so far has gained little traction in the Senate.
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Following an announcement about legislation to overhaul the U.S. immigration system, President Donald Trump touted the record high of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, saying "we picked up four trillion dollars in net worth."
President Donald Trump's endorsement of legislation to restrict and reshape legal immigration is based on some shaky assumptions, such as the idea that low-wage green-card holders are flooding in to take jobs from Americans. Trump swung behind a bill from Republican Sens. David Purdue of Georgia and Tom Cotton of Arkansas, calling it "the most significant reform to our immigration system in half a century" if made law.
Trump hailed what he called 'the most significant reform to our immigration system in half a century' [Carlos Barria/Reuters] US President Donald Trump on Wednesday threw his weight behind efforts to give English-speakers priority for US residency cards and halving the number of legal migrants admitted to the country. Trump backed proposals that would reform the process of obtaining a US "green card" by introducing a points-based system favouring skilled anglophone workers.