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No Malarkey!1/19/2019 11:16:29 am PST

re: #7 Targetpractice

So I’m hearing the rumors that Donny is going to offer some version of DACA extension and possibly some other immigration “concessions” in exchange for the $5.7B.

So a year after he browbeat the DNC into accepting a clean CR over refusal to pay a “ransom,” then killed a deal that would have netted him 5 times what he wants for what he’s likely offering, he thinks this shit will be believable?

You know what’s sad? He’s probably right, the media are going to present this as a “compromise” on his part that shows he’s serious about making a “deal,” and damn the DNC for not immediately jumping on it.

From Vox:

Jonathan Swan from Axios reports that in exchange for his wall, Trump will protect DREAMers by offering to temporarily shield them from deportation and grant three-year work permits through the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA. In addition to those measures, currently proposed in Congress as part of the BRIDGE Act, unnamed sources tell Swan that the president will support legislation to extend the legal status of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders.

vox.com

The correct Democratic response is to demand that the government be reopened immediately so that negotiations can begin. I’m not categorically opposed to negotiating a deal to throw Trump a couple of billion for “steel slats” or whatever in return for real concessions on behalf of people who need help; the racists probably won’t let Trump accept a deal like that anyway.