Has President Donald Trump reached a tentative agreement with Democratic lawmakers on a plan that would allow more than 800,000 people brought to the U.S. as children to legally stay?
Confusion erupted Thursday in Washington after Democrats announced they had reached broad agreement with the president Wednesday night. Trump subsequently said no deal is possible without more commitments to enhance security along the U.S.-Mexico border, though he also asserted an agreement with congressional leaders was "fairly close."
Here's how some lawmakers have reacted:
I have no doubt that if the were to be given the vote it deserves, it would pass.
Unbelievable! Amnesty is a pardon for immigration law breakers coupled with the reward of the objective of their crime.
Encouraged that is beginning to recognize the importance of preserving DACA. Congress should get this done in hours, not weeks.
.: "I would be willing to let the DREAM Act kids have legal status, they have no place to go other than America."
800,000 Dreamers anxiously await action by this Congress. There is no reason to wait.
To send Dreamers back to a country they don’t know is just wrong. It goes against the ideals of who we are as a nation.
We have got to get a wall done. We have got to get that done. Some of us are not giving up. VIDEO:
533 other members of Congress will want to weigh in too
Kudos to for pursuing agreement that will protect from deportation
