Senators to Trump: It's do-or-die time on DACA

[oberliner]

Cory Gardner, the leader of the Senate GOP’s campaign arm, delivered an urgent message to President Donald Trump in a telephone conversation earlier this month: Congress and the White House need to act pronto on immigration reform.

“The sweet spot for getting an immigration deal remains now. The closer we get to the election and certainly post-election, the more difficult it will be,” the Colorado Republican recounted telling the president. “If we wait longer, the more difficult it becomes. They’ll blame it on both parties at that point.”

A group of senators in both parties is beginning to restart back-channel talks across the aisle and with the White House in hopes that the chamber will be ready to act if the House or the courts throw the issue back to the Senate this summer. But the Senate isn’t ready to take up the issue after a thoroughly unproductive immigration debate in February, followed by months of radio silence.

And lawmakers are growing more and more worried the upper chamber could be blindsided by a call to action later this year.

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/28/trump-daca-dreamers-senators-back-channel-608719

[ProudLib72]

1. I despise Cory Gardner

A blight on my state

[Vogon_Glory]

2. I don't think Thump wants a deal.

He’d rather continue the politics of cruelty.

[SummerSnow]

3. He'll just blame the dems

[oberliner]

4. There are enough votes in Congress for DACA

At least it seemed that way.

Why no one is talking about this issue much anymore is beyond me

[ooky]

6. Because Trump's recinsion of Obama's Executive Order is currently blocked?

[oberliner]

7. The courts seemed to have made things more confusing

The recent decisions, coupled with the initial news of Trump's decision to end DACA, has confused DACA recipients, said Jorge Mario Cabrera with the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles.

"All of that adds up to young people believing that perhaps the program has ended, perhaps the program is going to end within the next few months, 'perhaps there is no more chance for me.' And that is incorrect," Cabrera said.

Federal data show that DACA renewals in the second quarter of this fiscal year are half what they were a year ago. Roughly 70,000 people renewed their DACA status between Jan. 1 and March 31, compared with more than 140,000 a year earlier.

Organizations like Cabrera's that process renewals have been reaching out to DACA recipients and even offering to pay applicants' fees.

https://www.scpr.org/news/2018/05/25/83447/after-a-flurry-of-court-rulings-what-s-up-with-dac/

[ooky]

5. And the dem candidates must take their Republican opponent to task for that lie.

[mountain grammy]

8. Cory Gardner is my Senator and I wouldn't trust him for a minute..

DACA and deportations are a big issue in Colorado. Cory's taking care of Cory, but I do want to see some headway on this issue. These people have been Americans for decades, give them citizenship

[oberliner]

9. What about Chris Coons?

Maybe he can broker a deal of some kind.

[mountain grammy]

10. That's great, and even great if Cory got on board

he can do one good thing in his sorry career. Mark Udall is a good man and was a fine Senator. I'll never forgive the Denver Post for endorsing Gardner, a right wing anti choice religious fanatic. But he should work on the immigration issue.. it's quite contentious here where most of us know someone who's undocumented. With Gardner, I think the question always is what's in it for him, and mostly that means cash from the Koch's or the NRA.

[CakeGrrl]

11. Do-or-Die? "Die" with Stephen Miller sliming around.

Trump (and Miller) don't want to do a damn thing about DACA except destroy it.

The only thing Trump wants is his wall.