Trump clears up immigration bill confusion, pledges to back both GOP bills

[mystery-ak]

Trump clears up immigration bill confusion, pledges to back both GOP bills
by Susan Ferrechio
 | June 15, 2018 06:15 PM

President Trump supports both of the House GOP immigration bills up for a vote in the next few weeks, a White House spokesman said Friday.

The announcement came after House Republicans hit the pause button on a plan to vote on immigration reform next week. They stopped action after President Trump warned in an impromptu TV appearance that he “wouldn’t sign the more moderate one.”

Republicans feared Trump was talking about a bill authored by Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., which was written in concert with White House officials. It would incorporate the “four pillars” of Trump’s own immigration reform plan, including a pathway to citizenship for 1.8 million Dreamers.

A second bill, authored by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., is expected to be a more conservative bill, but it is being modified. In original form, it limits immigration and provides a more difficult path to citizenship.

Republicans planned to put both Ryan and Goodlatte bills on the floor for a vote next week.

But Trump threw the vote into doubt Friday after threatening to vote against one of the bills.

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[libertybele]

If indeed Trump folds and doesn't stand his ground on his promise of NO Amensty and a wall, not only is he finished, but so is the GOP and GOPe and we might as well kiss the country good-bye.

[Chosen Daughter]

If indeed Trump folds and doesn't stand his ground on his promise of NO Amensty and a wall, not only is he finished, but so is the GOP and GOPe and we might as well kiss the country good-bye.

I just looked and he is saying he won't sign it without the border wall.  Not clear on DACA.

[WarmPotato]

I'm still concerned... but I'm always concerned :P