Blaming Democrats  Trump Says 'DACA Is Probably Dead' : NPR
Blaming Democrats   Trump Says 'DACA  Is Probably Dead'
Hours after the U.S. government announced it would again begin processing renewal applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals due to a federal court order   President Trump  claimed that the program â which has granted a temporary legal reprieve to people who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children â was "probably dead."
The furor  Trump  ignited with  his  reported use of a vulgarity about African nations in a meeting with lawmakers last week about  DACA  consumed the Sunday talk shows just days before the federal government is due to shut down absent a fresh congressional spending bill.
 Trump  sought to focus the blame for any lack of progress on  DACA  on Democrats  tweeting:  "DACA  is probably dead because the Democrats don't really want  it   they just want to talk and take desperately needed money away from our Military."
As NPR and other outlets reported last week  it was  Trump  who rejected a tentative agreement reached by a small  bipartisan group of senators that would have allowed  DACA  recipients permanent residency in the U.S. and a path to citizenship. During a meeting with the lawmakers   Trump  reportedly called African nations "shithole countries" and questioned why the U.S. didn't favor letting more immigrants in from nations like Norway instead of countries like Haiti.
Two of  Trump 's congressional allies who were present at that meeting sought to push a different version of events during appearances on the Sunday talk shows.
On ABC's "This Week" Sen. David Perdue  R-Ga.  said  Trump   "did not use that word " and that multiple media accounts of the meeting were a "gross misrepresentation." Perdue's comments were a shift. In an interview on Friday  Perdue had said he didn't remember the president using such language. "I didn't hear that word either " said Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton in an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation" with host John Dickerson.
On Sunday evening   Trump  was pressed on the issue upon arriving at  his  West Palm Beach golf resort where  he  was to have dinner with House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy.
 Trump  said the derogatory comments attributed to  him  last week never happened. "Did you see what various senators in the room said about my comments? They were not made "  he  told the press pool.
Asked about charges of racism for his alleged slur   Trump  said: "I'm not a racist. I am the least racist person you have ever interviewed."
Regarding DACA  the president reiterated that he was working toward a deal  but that Democrats were not helping. "Honestly  I don't think the Democrats want to make a deal " he told reporters at the Trump International Golf Course. "We have a lot of sticking points  but they are all Democrat sticking points."
 Trump  said  he  hoped there wouldn't be a government shutdown. "I don't know if there is going to be a shutdown "  he  said. "There shouldn't be because if there is our military gets hurt very badly. We cannot let our military be hurt."
 President Trump  ordered an end to the program in September and gave lawmakers until March of this year to come up with a legislative fix. Last week  a federal court in California issued a nationwide injunction blocking the  Trump  administration's decision.
In another tweet Sunday   Trump  said  he  wants people coming to the country "based on merit."  He  said:
A CBS News poll released Sunday found that 70 percent of Americans are in favor of DACA and even among  Trump 's supporters  a slim majority also support the program.
Blaming Democrats   Trump Says 'DACA  Is Probably Dead'
Hours after the U.S. government announced it would again begin processing renewal applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals due to a federal court order    [TGT] claimed that the program â which has granted a temporary legal reprieve to people who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children â was "probably dead."
The furor   [TGT] ignited with  his  reported use of a vulgarity about African nations in a meeting with lawmakers last week about  DACA  consumed the Sunday talk shows just days before the federal government is due to shut down absent a fresh congressional spending bill.
  [TGT] sought to focus the blame for any lack of progress on  DACA  on Democrats  tweeting:  "DACA  is probably dead because the Democrats don't really want  it   they just want to talk and take desperately needed money away from our Military."
As NPR and other outlets reported last week  it was   [TGT] who rejected a tentative agreement reached by a small  bipartisan group of senators that would have allowed  DACA  recipients permanent residency in the U.S. and a path to citizenship. During  [TGT] reportedly called African nations "shithole countries" and questioned why the U.S. didn't favor letting more immigrants in from nations like Norway instead of countries like Haiti.
Two of  Trump 's congressional allies who were present at that meeting sought to push a different version of events during appearances on the Sunday talk shows.
On ABC's "This Week" Sen. David Perdue  R-Ga.  said   [TGT] "did not use that word " and that multiple media accounts of  [TGT]  were a "gross misrepresentation." Perdue's comments were a shift. In an interview on Friday  Perdue had said he didn't remember the president using such language. "I didn't hear that word either " said Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton in an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation" with host John Dickerson.
On Sunday evening    [TGT] was pressed on the issue upon arriving at   [TGT]   West Palm Beach golf resort where   [TGT]   was to have dinner with House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy.
  [TGT] said the derogatory comments attributed to   [TGT]   last week never happened. "Did you see what various senators in the room said about my comments? They were not made "   [TGT]   told the press pool.
Asked about charges of racism for his alleged slur    [TGT] said: "I'm not a racist. I am the least racist person you have ever interviewed."
Regarding DACA  the president reiterated that he was working toward a deal  but that Democrats were not helping. "Honestly  I don't think the Democrats want to make a deal " he told reporters at the Trump International Golf Course. "We have a lot of sticking points  but they are all Democrat sticking points. [TGT] 
said   [TGT]   hoped there wouldn't be a government shutdown. "I don't know if there is going to be a shutdown "  he  said. "There shouldn't be because if there is our military gets hurt very badly. We cannot let our military be hurt. [TGT] 
ordered an end to the program in September and gave lawmakers until March of this year to come up with a legislative fix. Last week  a federal court in California issued a nationwide injunction blocking the   [TGT]   administration's decision.
In another tweet  [TGT] said   [TGT]   wants people coming to the country "based on merit."   [TGT]   said:
A CBS News poll released Sunday found that 70 percent of Americans are in favor of DACA and even among   [TGT]  's supporters  a slim majority also support the program.