The Budget Deal is Actually a Win for Immigration Enforcement
By Preston Huennekens July 23, 2019
When it comes to immigration, the new budget compromise is not as bad as you think.
Facing the prospect of leaving Washington without an agreement on the looming debt-ceiling crisis, House and Senate leadership struck a deal with each other and President Trump that raises the spending limit by $320 billion and suspends the debt ceiling until 2021. This deal avoids nearly $1 trillion in automatic spending cuts, a feature of the Budget Control Act that Republicans forced President Obama to sign in 2011.
The agreement rests on two points. First, Republicans backed down from demanding deep spending cuts. Second, Democrats agreed to exclude any poison pills, controversial riders, and policy changes in appropriations bills unless both they, Republican leadership, and President Trump agree on them. For advocates of immigration enforcement, this is a huge win.
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