The Briefing Room
General Category => Immigration/Border => Topic started by: TomSea on October 01, 2017, 08:29:02 am
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Trump echoes Tom Cotton as immigration position questions mount
W. James Antle III
President Trump has been sounding like Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., on immigration lately, even as some longtime supporters worry he is going soft on the issue.
Ever since a White House dinner with Democratic congressional leaders earlier this month, there have been questions about where Trump's immigration loyalties lie.
Would Trump prefer to cut a deal with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., betraying the Steve Bannon/Ann Coulter wing of his base but delivering a legislative fix for young illegal immigrants that eluded former President Obama? Or is he aligned with a group of congressional immigration hawks, led by Cotton?
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