It is a tough uphill fight, no doubt...but if the election goes well (particularly in the Senate)...there is a chance. Trading a wall for dreamers is an easy sell in the 2020 election so taking this position has a positive impact for the GOP. As pressure builds from the Left to help the Dreamers, some may cave and be willing to vote for a Trump approved comprehensive immigration plan...if not, we must win the 2020 fight in the House and Senate to make it happen, but the Trump position sets a benchmark for GOP Senate and House candidates that year.
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@Mesaclone it is looking a little more hopeful to me. There are a couple of factions in the country who care: the democrats care a lot. They want to take back the country from Trump and the lower-class of people who support him. They will lie, cheat, and steal to achieve this goal.
Then, there are the Trump supporters whose numbers are growing. I know they are growing because I see it here on TBR, a tiny and insignificant group that contains Trump haters and Trump supporters. But, maybe a microcosm of conservatives.
I see a growing number of Trump supporters here because Trump has not been what they expected. Those people who disliked Trump have become impressed, willingly or reluctantly, about how Trump has governed.
I see a smaller group who allow Trump hatred to cloud their feelings. While this group claims to give credit to Trump when he does something good, it is always tempered by a 'but.' 'But' we can't be sure Trump will follow through or that Trump is only pretending to do this, etc.
I remember when one could not post anything favorable about Trump without being descended upon by a horde of haters. That is not happening nearly as much, at least so it seems to me.
If we can get enough Republicans elected to the Senate who will give us a solid majority and support Trump's programs because that's what they ran on, there is a possibility that we could actually get a meaningful immigration bill that would bring down the DACA program, ban the entry of illegals and a Wall.
To me, the wall is the least important but Trump ran on it and he wants it.