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What is in Trump's framework for immigration legislation

January 26, 2018 20:41·
Lindsey Graham

Lindsey Graham

"And the President wants to lead on this issue, and that's exactly what we're going to do", Sanders said Wednesday.

He added that the border wall would not cost $25 billion.

- Expand protections from deportation to 1.8 million immigrants who were brought illegally to the country as children, up from the 700,000 people now signed up for the program. The 1.8 million people who would be eligible to apply for citizenship under certain conditions is more than double the number now registered under DACA. There's also work and education requirements, which have not been specified. Legal status could be revoked over criminal conduct, public safety or national security concerns, fraud, or if someone becomes financially dependent on the government.

- The change would apply prospectively, meaning people caught in the backlog would still be processed by the old rules.

Democratic immigration advocate Eddie Vale, who's been closely involved in the recent immigration talks, called the White House proposal "a legislative burning cross".

Democrats have opposed limiting family-based immigration and they and their allies condemned the White House plan. Dick Durbin, who has been at the center of the immigration negotiations, said in a statement. It would also end the diversity visa lottery program, and repurpose the 50,00 annual visas for families and high-skilled immigration green cards.

The fight over DACA, which is set to expire in March, was part of the standoff between Republicans and Democrats in the Senate that resulted in a three-day government shutdown that ended on Monday.

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The administration wants McConnell to bring the bill to the floor the week of February 6, just before current government funding runs out at the end of the day on February 8.

Frank Sharry, executive director of the immigration advocacy group America's Voice, slammed the proposal, saying Trump and Miller are "exploiting a crisis that they created".

Cotton called it "generous and humane", while Perdue said it's "something that both Republicans and Democrats in the House and Senate should be eager to support".

South Carolina's Sen. Lindsey Graham, a key Republican negotiator, called the White House's plan to release a framework "excellent", noting the importance of getting the White House's "input". Trump promised during his 2016 presidential campaign a tough crackdown on illegal immigration, but has extended this to narrowing the doors for legal immigrants and refugees. In a January 9 meeting with lawmakers, the president said he wanted to deal with the issue with "love".

A one-page memo sent to congressional Republicans Thursday afternoon backs a 10- to 12-year path to citizenship for not just the roughly 700,000 enrolled in the expiring DACA program but for other "DACA-eligible illegal immigrants" who are in the US illegally and were brought to the country as children.

Schumer was referring to an offer he made Trump last week to authorize upward of $20 billion for a border wall, a signature campaign pledge for the President, in exchange for protecting recipients of DACA, young undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children.

U.S. President Donald Trump is ready to sign on to a plan that would open a path to citizenship for as many as 1.8 million "Dreamers", young immigrants brought illegally to the country as children, senior White House officials said on Thursday.

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