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2. Everyone Is Confused
Fri Sep 15, 2017, 12:19 AM
Sep 2017

By Matt Laslo
9 hours ago

... rank-and-file Democrats fear their party leaders may be the ones getting duped. In exchange for solving DACA, the president is demanding ramped-up border security, and while Democrats say they have already taken funding for a physical wall off the table, they may be willing to support sending more agents to the border along with additional drones and other border-security enhancements ...

"No, I don't think the president actually understands what he's saying half the time, so I'm afraid if he struck a deal with them that he'll go back on his word at any time," Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego told reporters. "I'm always skeptical when dealing with Donald Trump."

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/everyone-is-confused-about-what-trump-is-doing-with-daca-w503137

Mixed messages cause frustration, fear [View all] struggle4progress Sep 2017 OP
stop letting 'Dreamers' twist in the wind struggle4progress Sep 2017 #1
Everyone Is Confused struggle4progress Sep 2017 #2
'We need something more concrete' struggle4progress Sep 2017 #3
Everything President Ever Said About DACA struggle4progress Sep 2017 #4
'Nothing Will Be Official, Until It's Official' struggle4progress Sep 2017 #5
'If we don't have the wall, we're doing nothing' struggle4progress Sep 2017 #6
Message on DACA, Dreamers loses coherence struggle4progress Sep 2017 #7
Yes? No? Sort of? Confusing. struggle4progress Sep 2017 #8
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