Pelosi, Dems hammer GOP for 'derailing' DACA debate

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill



BY MIKE LILLIS - 06/13/18 08:27 AM EDT

House Democrats are hammering GOP leaders for scuttling the bipartisan effort to protect undocumented immigrants brought to the country as children.

“If Republicans plan to use Dreamers as a way to advance @realDonaldTrump⁩’s xenophobic, anti-immigrant agenda, they will get a fight from House Democrats,” House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) tweeted late Tuesday.

Link to tweet

After a series of last-minute negotiations Tuesday, Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) cut an immigration deal with his conservative wing to bring a vote next week on two Republican bills designed to bolster enforcement and provide legal protections to so-called Dreamers.

The strategy effectively extinguished a bid by centrist Republicans to force action on a series of proposals to rescue the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, including two bipartisan bills deemed to have the best chance of moving through the lower chamber.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/house/392013-pelosi-dems-hammer-gop-for-derailing-daca-debate

[mcar]

1. I can't wait till you are Speaker again!

[Me.]

3. Ditto

[beachbum bob]

2. Pelosi needs to reach out to big GOP donors who suppprt DACA

[SWBTATTReg]

5. Koch brothers want a resolution to this mess...go Pelosi! nt

[ehrnst]

4. So much for "establishment Democrats being too mild." (nt)