Pelosi, Schumer Strike Another Agreement With Trump, This Time On DACA
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The top House and Senate Democrats have announced agreement with President Donald Trump to protect certain immigrants brought illegally to this country as children -- along with some border security enhancements.
The agreement would specifically not include Trump's long-sought border wall.
It would enshrine protections for the nearly 800,000 immigrants who benefited from a program created by former President Barack Obama that Trump has announced he is ending.
The agreement was announced in a joint statement from House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York, following a dinner the pair had with Trump at the White House.
"We had a very productive meeting at the White House with the President. The discussion focused on DACA. We agreed to enshrine the protections of DACA into law quickly, and to work out a package of border security, excluding the wall, that's acceptable to both sides," Schumer and Pelosi said in a joint statement. "We also urged the President to make permanent the cost-sharing reduction payments, and those discussions will continue"
It marks the second time in two weeks that Trump has bypassed Republicans to deal with Pelosi and Schumer.
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