Trump opens door to immigration deal, but Republicans have one condition
Some Senate Republicans are open to revisiting immigration policy after President Donald Trump floated a possible deal with Democrats, but they insist amnesty remains off the table.
Key points
- Democrats and some Republicans say President Trump is missing an opportunity to find consensus on an issue that has bedeviled past administrations.
- "And if we don't get the stuff codified that has effectively sealed the border, it's gonna be on them when the border gets opened up if a Democrat wins in ‘28." The Senate, just before Trump won the 2024 election, was on the cusp of a bipartisan immigration deal when Democrats controlled the chamber.
- "I have not seen anything yet that's being proposed, but we will certainly hear them out, and if there's something he wants to do there, have a conversation about it." JEFFRIES VOWS DEMOCRATS WON’T ‘GIVE A DIME’ TO TRUMP’S DEPORTATION EFFORTS The bipartisan deal was the product of negotiations among Sens.
"But let the people that are here — and in some cases here for 10 and 15 years — work a deal for them." The administration quickly sought to clarify Trump’s comments, with Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin affirming that there would be "no amnesty" shortly after.
Additional details
- HOUSE GOP ERUPTS AT STEPHEN MILLER AS TRUMP ELEVATES HIM AFTER MIDTERM MASSACRE: 'MEGALOMANIAC' Still, Republicans are willing to navigate the complex issue as Democrats gear up to take power next year.
- I'll never go for it." The door creaked open on the idea when Trump, during an interview with "60 Minutes" that aired over the weekend, said that his administration’s mass deportation and enforcement policies might be "too tough." "Get the killers out, get the rapists out, get all the rough ones out, get the drug dealers out," Trump said.
- But conservatives balked at the deal, and Trump’s influence from the campaign trail ultimately killed it.
- The deal collapsed after Trump criticized it and Senate Republicans withdrew support.
- But there’s one thing that Senate Republicans won’t agree to: amnesty.
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