Well, that didn't take long..White House rejects bipartisan immigration plan pushed by McCain, Coons

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(CNN)The White House is dismissing an immigration deal brokered by a bipartisan group of lawmakers as a non-starter just hours before it is expected to be formally introduced in the Senate.

Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain and Delaware Democratic Sen. Chris Coons are slated to introduce a bill Monday that would grant eventual citizenship to young undocumented immigrants who have been in the country since 2013 and came to the US as children, but it does not address all of the President's stated immigration priorities, like ending family-based immigration categories -- which Republicans call "chain migration" — or ending the diversity visa program.

It also would not immediately authorize the $30 billion that Trump is seeking to build the border wall, instead greenlighting a study of border security needs. The bill would also seek to address the number of undocumented immigrants staying in the US by increasing the number of resources for the immigration courts, where cases can take years to finish.

The bill is a companion to a piece of House legislation that has 54 co-sponsors split evenly by party.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/05/politics/trump-daca-mccain-coons-immigration-plan/index.html

[SharonClark]

1. Trump isn't a voting member of Congress.

The GOP needs to quit bowing and scraping to Trump and DO THEIR JOB!

[underthematrix]

2. They don't need Trump to reach a veto proof vote in both houses

[Proud Liberal Dem]

3. Congress just needs to forge ahead

and pass a sensible plan and dare Trump to veto. Of course, that's asking a lot out of the current Congress, esp. the House, but that doesn't mean that we still shouldn't try.