Trump blames Schumer for immigration impasse prolonged shutdown
Chuck Schumer
The scrimmage over immigration showed no sign of being settled Friday as President Trump again blamed  Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer  for stalling talks . Trump tweeted that a deal “ has been made increasingly difficult by the fact that Cryin ’  Chuck Schumer  took such a beating over the shutdown that  he  is unable to act on immigration !” The federal government shut down for three days this week over the issue . President Trump said  Schumer  has been making it difficult to reach a deal on immigration . ( FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP / Getty Images ) Schumer ( D - N . Y .) shot back that Trump is using hundreds of thousands of young immigrants as a “ tool to tear apart our legal immigration system .” The bickering centers on the Obama - era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that protected nearly 700   000 immigrants brought to the U . S . illegally as children from deportation .
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