GOP senators: 'Dreamers' deal will likely end up in funding bill
Source: The Hill
BY JORDAIN CARNEY - 02/26/18 06:59 PM EST
Republican senators are predicting that a fix for a key Obama-era immigration program will end up in next month's government funding bill, as they search for ways to break a months-long stalemate.
Several GOP senators said Monday that the mammoth bill, known as an omnibus, would likely be the vehicle for a deal on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said that including a short-term deal on DACA in the omnibus was the most likely of three potential paths forward.
"That's probably the most likely thing, when we write the funding of the government bill we'll extend DACA legislatively, making it legal for a year or two and kind of punting it," Graham told reporters.
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