Washington Post calls on Trump, Dems to make a deal on immigration
By Brett Samuels - 01/20/19 12:00 PM EST
The Washington Post's editorial board is urging President Trump and Democrats to hash out an immigration deal even as the two sides remained far apart on the president's latest proposal.
The editorial board on Saturday ticked through reasons Democrats should not take the deal Trump put forward on Saturday, which includes funding for a border wall and protections for certain immigrants, but argued that the "Dreamers" and Temporary Protected Status recipients who would benefit from a deal should be considered first and foremost.
"Unquestionably a deal would contain galling elements for both sides; that’s the nature of compromise," the editorial board wrote. "But a measure of statesmanship for a member of Congress now is the ability to accept some disappointments, and shrug off the inevitable attacks from purists, if it means rescuing the lives of thousands of deserving people living among us."
The editorial board suggested that Trump's suggestion "be welcomed but not accepted as the final word."
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