Trump, Top Democrats Agree On Young Immigrants
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WASHINGTON (CBSMiami/AP) -- The top House and Senate Democrats have come to an agreement with President Donald Trump to protect certain immigrants brought illegally to this country as children -- along with some border security enhancements.
The agreement would enshrine protections for the nearly 800,000 immigrants who benefited from a program created by former President Barack Obama that Trump has announced he is ending, and reportedly excluded Trump's promised border wall.
The alleged agreement was announced in a joint statement from House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York, following a dinner the pair had with Trump at the White House.
There were mixed messages, however, from the White House. Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders called it a "discussion" and added that excluding the border wall was not part of the deal.
While DACA and border security were both discussed, excluding the wall was certainly not agreed to.
— Kayleigh McEnany 45 Archived (@PressSec45) September 14, 2017
It marks the second time in two weeks that Trump has bypassed Republicans to deal with Pelosi and Schumer.
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