Trump 's New Reality Show: Let's Make a Deal on Dreamers
WASHINGTON - Trump  has been flip-flopping lately on what should be done about illegal immigrants known as Dreamers who were brought here when they were infants or children by their undocumented parents.
 He  ran for president on a promise that was the bedrock issue of  his  2016 campaign to deport all of the estimated 11 to 12 million migrants  including their kids who grew up here  went to school here and many of whom work here.
Now  he  says  he âs willing to make a deal with Congress  allowing many if not most of these young people to remain in the U.S. under the âDeferred Action for Childhood Arrivalsâ program (DACA) begun under President Obama that may offer a possible path to citizenship.
Late last month  after some two years of sticking to  his  deportation plan   he  had a sudden change of heart about separating families whose kids have grown up and know little if anything about the countries they came from.
 His  hardcore supporters are up in arms that  he  is caving in on one of  his  repeated campaign pledges  while others are reminding  him  of  his  public declaration last year âto show great heartâ toward the dreamers.
This week the White House made it clear that  he  is in the midst of negotiating a deal on Capitol Hill that would let many if not all of the dreamers remain here  but only if the Congress will fork over the money  he  wants to build  his  wall along the 2 500 mile border with Mexico  and pay for the hiring of thousands of federal immigration enforcement officers and judges.
The switch in  his  thinking came when strategists told  him  that the DACA program is popular on the Hill  and that  he  has to give up something Congress wants in order to get what  he  needs in return.
 Trump  tweeted  his  demands late last month to make sure lawmakers understood what  he  needed from them in return for embracing most if not all of the DACA program.
There âcan be no DACA without the desperately needed WALL â  he  told them.
 Trump  announced near the end of last year that  he  planned to terminate the DACA program  but later made it clear  he  could be bought off if the deal was right.
 âTrump  suggested  he  would be open to a deal with Democrats that included providing legal status for immigrants in the program â the Washington Post reported Wednesday.
And  he  sweetened the deal by adding âthat the physical wall did not necessarily have to be among the immediate concessions â the Post said.
[TGT] has been flip-flopping lately on what should be done about illegal immigrants known as Dreamers who were brought here when they were infants or children by their undocumented parents.
  [TGT]   ran for president on a promise that was the bedrock issue of   [TGT]   2016 campaign to deport all of the estimated 11 to 12 million migrants  including their kids who grew up here  went to school here and many of whom work here.
Now   [TGT]   says   [TGT]  âs willing to make a deal with Congress  allowing many if not most of these young people to remain in the U.S. under the âDeferred Action for Childhood Arrivalsâ program (DACA) begun under President Obama that may offer a possible path to citizenship.
Late last month  after some two years of sticking to  his  deportation plan   he  had a sudden change of heart about separating families whose kids have grown up and know little if anything about the countries they came from.
 His  hardcore supporters are up in arms that  he  is caving in on one of  his  repeated campaign pledges  while others are reminding  him  of  his  public declaration last year âto show great heartâ toward the dreamers.
This week the White House made it clear that  he  is in the midst of negotiating a deal on Capitol Hill that would let many if not all of the dreamers remain here  but only if the Congress will fork over the money  he  wants to build  his  wall along the 2 500 mile border with Mexico  and pay for the hiring of thousands of federal immigration enforcement officers and judges.
The switch in  his  thinking came when strategists told  him  that the DACA program is popular on the Hill  and that  he  has to give up something Congress wants in order to get what  he  needs in return.
  [TGT] tweeted   [TGT]   demands late last month to make sure lawmakers understood what   [TGT]   needed from them in return for embracing most if not all of the DACA program.
There âcan be no DACA without the desperately needed WALL â  he  told them.
  [TGT] announced near the end of last year that   [TGT]   planned to terminate the DACA program  but later made it clear   [TGT]   could be bought off if the deal was right.
 âTrump  suggested   [TGT]   would be open to a deal with Democrats that included providing legal status for immigrants in the program â the Washington Post reported Wednesday.
And  he  sweetened the deal by adding âthat the physical wall did not necessarily have to be among the immediate concessions â the Post said.