Democrats side with immigrants in border battle with Trump
by Pete Kasperowicz | Jan 26, 2018, 2:33 PM
Democratic leaders are siding with Dreamers and future immigrants in their border battle with President Trump, even in the face of Republican taunts that by doing so, Democrats are betraying the interests of U.S. voters in favor of non-citizens.
This week's three-day shutdown finally ended when Senate Republicans agreed to push for a broad immigration deal, and said they would agree to a vote by Feb. 8 on a standalone bill to protect the Dreamers if no agreement were in sight.
Democrats have pushed for years to help the Dreamers, immigrants who came to the U.S. illegally as children. But after the shutdown was averted, some Republicans accused Democrats of choosing to stiff U.S. citizens of government services, in order to boost the fortunes of non-citizens.
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