At the request of Nancy Pelosi, President Trump put off for two weeks the planned action by ICE to round up people who have existing orders of deportation issued against them. These are people who have already had their day in court and lost; they were ordered deported after a full hearing.
So Pelosi got her postponement. Will the Democrats now be willing to move on immigration? Will they agree to fix the problems with the law regarding asylum requests that have caused the tidal wave of illegals at the southern border? Will they agree to fund the wall? Will they agree to modify the law so as to provide for a merit based system for granting immigration requests? Will they agree to a plan to protect the DACA recipients who are likely to lose their protected status once there is a final decision from the Supreme Court? These are issues on which a compromise could be reached by people acting in good faith in an hour. Until now, the Democrats have been unwilling to accept any compromise since that could deliver a "victory" to President Trump. For the Democrats, depriving Trump of a political success is more important than solving the crisis at the border.
If the Democrats negotiate in good faith, it will be a victory for America. If they still refuse to negotiate, then it will make clear that nothing will change. The Democrats are playing politics and don't care about the problems faced by the American people.
So Pelosi got her postponement. Will the Democrats now be willing to move on immigration? Will they agree to fix the problems with the law regarding asylum requests that have caused the tidal wave of illegals at the southern border? Will they agree to fund the wall? Will they agree to modify the law so as to provide for a merit based system for granting immigration requests? Will they agree to a plan to protect the DACA recipients who are likely to lose their protected status once there is a final decision from the Supreme Court? These are issues on which a compromise could be reached by people acting in good faith in an hour. Until now, the Democrats have been unwilling to accept any compromise since that could deliver a "victory" to President Trump. For the Democrats, depriving Trump of a political success is more important than solving the crisis at the border.
If the Democrats negotiate in good faith, it will be a victory for America. If they still refuse to negotiate, then it will make clear that nothing will change. The Democrats are playing politics and don't care about the problems faced by the American people.
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