Reuters reports:
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Saturday said an upcoming proposal by President Donald Trump to provide temporary protections for some undocumented immigrants in return for building a wall on the southwestern border with Mexico was “unacceptable.”
Trump’s plan also does not “represent a good faith effort to restore certainty to people’s lives” and is unlikely to pass either the House or Senate, Pelosi, a Democrat, said in a statement. Trump’s plan is part of an attempt to win a deal with Congress that would reopen several partially shuttered federal agencies.
McConnell is breaking his plan that he wouldn’t put up any bill for a vote that doesn’t have the support of Pelosi, Schumer, and Trump. https://t.co/aB8qptGyoI
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 19, 2019
Trump offering DACA is like Lucy with the football. As soon as Trump gets funding for his wall, he will take DACA away.?
There is NO WAY that @SpeakerPelosi is going to fall for such a transparently FAKE “offer.”#TrumpShutdown pic.twitter.com/yVfX20ydwK
— Dr. Dena Grayson (@DrDenaGrayson) January 19, 2019
MORE: Speaker Nancy Pelosi calls Pres. Trump’s proposal a “non-starter.”
“For one thing, this proposal does not include the permanent solution for the Dreamers and TPS recipients that our country needs and supports.” https://t.co/PnrZRWcZ3u pic.twitter.com/GD10sdgP3e
— World News Tonight (@ABCWorldNews) January 19, 2019