Who Trump is listening to in DACA talks
by W. James Antle III | Jan 24, 2018, 12:01 AM
As Congress voted to reopen the federal government, senators huddled at the White House to discuss “the next steps on responsible immigration reform.†It was noteworthy that Sen. Tom Cotton was there and Sen. Lindsey Graham was not, according to the guest list.
That is the opposite of what some on Capitol Hill want, even as the White House dug in Tuesday with press secretary Sarah Sanders declaring a Graham-backed bipartisan immigration proposal "totally unacceptable to the president" and "dead on arrival."
Graham, R-S.C., and his Democratic allies have been increasingly vocal about blaming Cotton, R-Ark., and other immigration hawks for the failure of talks about codifying Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and the rejection of their plan for handling the issue. Last week, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said as much on the Senate floor.
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