Thread: In closed-door meeting, Ryan tells Republicans not to sign DACA petition

In closed-door meeting, Ryan tells Republicans not to sign DACA petition

By Tal Kopan, CNN
Updated 11:26 AM ET, Wed May 16, 2018

(CNN)House Speaker Paul Ryan in a closed-door meeting on Wednesday sought to discourage fellow Republicans from signing a measure that would force an immigration vote, members leaving the meeting said.

Rep. Bill Flores paraphrased the speaker as telling Republicans to "quit messing around with the discharge petition" and that it's "not a path to success."

A group of moderate Republicans are backing a plan to bypass GOP leaders by requiring a floor vote on four competing bills preserve the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

The move, called a discharge petition, currently has 18 Republican supporters. If 25 GOP members and all House Democrats sign the petition, it would force the vote.

Ryan said he and Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy met with President Donald Trump Tuesday on the issue, and they're working on a bill they believe could actually become law with the White House's backing, according to Flores and members.

But Ryan was not pressed for specifics and didn't offer any, they also said. Ryan mostly spoke in broad strokes about the need to balance border security and other immigration policies, said Michigan Rep. John Moolenaar.

California Rep. Jeff Denham said backers of the petition remain confident they have "more than enough votes." They believe they can hit the required number of signatures this week.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/16/polit...aca/index.html

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Ryan said he and Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy met with President Donald Trump Tuesday on the issue, and they're working on a bill they believe could actually become law with the White House's backing, according to Flores and members.

Wow! That stinks! This means Trump is working on a new Amnesty for illegal aliens bill. What a traitor.

In the U.S. Senate, talk of a splinter caucus to force compromise

Originally Posted by ALIPAC

Wow! That stinks! This means Trump is working on a new Amnesty for illegal aliens bill. What a traitor.

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In the U.S. Senate, talk of a splinter caucus to force compromise

A group of moderate Republicans are backing a plan to bypass GOP leaders by requiring a floor vote on four competing bills preserve the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

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We don't want any DACA!! Even if it means no wall, no border security, no mass deportations, no immigration reductions, no more ICE Agents, no more Immigration Judges, no more Immigration Prosecutors, no more E-verify, no more of anything. We just don't want any DACA!!

NO AMNESTY #8

DEPORT THEM ALL

NO DEAL!!!

WE DO NOT WANT ANY MORE LAME DEALS IN EXCHANGE FOR A WALL

NOT NEGOTIABLE...WE WERE PROMISED THAT WALL OVER AND OVER AGAIN!!!

DO NOT DO THIS...IT WILL SEND A SIGNAL FOR MORE TO COME!

And they breed anchor babies. NO DACA!!!! We don't want them, their parents or their anchor babies. GET THEM ALL OUT OF HERE!!!

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