Democrats Appear To Have Lost The DACA Fight For Now

[rangerrebew]

DEC. 13, 2017 AT 3:56 PM

Democrats Appear To Have Lost The DACA Fight For Now

By Perry Bacon Jr.




A government shutdown probably isn’t in the cards, for now. 

The Democrats thought that December was the month they could use the threat of a government shutdown to force congressional Republicans to pass a law that offers protections from deportation and other benefits for some young undocumented immigrants.

But the passage this month of such a law, along the lines of the Obama administration’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, now looks very unlikely.

 

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/democrats-appear-to-have-lost-the-daca-fight-for-now/

[thackney]

@rangerrebew

The link does not work.

[dfwgator]

They'll be back, and they'll keep coming back until they get what they want.

[Cyber Liberty]

@rangerrebew

The link does not work.

I found it by Googling the title...

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/democrats-appear-to-have-lost-the-daca-fight-for-now/

Apparently @rangerrebew's browser sometimes truncates the link.

[thackney]

Apparently @rangerrebew's browser sometimes truncates the link.

Often twice a day or more.

Seems to not care...

[Cyber Liberty]

Often twice a day or more.

Seems to not care...

I dunno.  I don't mind following him and putting the links in, though.  He's a very prolific poster and it keeps the categories filled.  I just looked and he's posted over 63,000 topics!  I think that might be even more than Nancy's.

[Free Vulcan]

Fixed it.

[Free Vulcan]

Wonder why the Dems backed down? I thought they were all full of piss and vinegar after these stupendously amazing wins.

Or maybe through all the hype, they aren't quite doing as well as the media likes to smoke and mirrors the populace.

[Cyber Liberty]

Wonder why the Dems backed down? I thought they were all full of piss and vinegar after these stupendously amazing wins.

Or maybe through all the hype, they aren't quite doing as well as the media likes to smoke and mirrors the populace.

The article gets into that.  Basically, it's because Republicans have stiffened their resolve against it.  I also think the gummint shutdown dynamic has been shifting, and I don't think the Dems believe the Republicans would automatically take the blame for it as they used to.  Fascinating if true.