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07-24-2017, 01:58 PM #1
Graham and Kushner met to discuss immigration differences: report
Graham and Kushner met to discuss immigration differences: report
07/20/17 06:23 PM EDT
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and White House adviser Jared Kushner met on Capitol Hill Thursday to discuss immigration, CNN reported.
The White House and Graham are at odds over recent immigration legislation.
Earlier Thursday, alongside Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin (Ill.), Graham unveiled a new version of the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act, an immigration bill that would protect undocumented immigrants brought to the country as children.
The DREAM Act would effectively enact in law the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which is based on an executive order. Under DACA, around 750,000 immigrants have received a work permit and protection from deportation.
Graham and Durbin announced their plan for a renewed DREAM Act Wednesday — the original version of the bill was presented in 2001 by Durbin — and the White House almost immediately shot down the proposal.
"The administration has opposed the Dream Act and we are likely to be consistent in that," White House legislative affairs director Marc Short said at an off-camera briefing Wednesday.
A White House official speaking on background added that President Trump's priority, based on his campaign promises, is an enforcement-first immigration strategy.
But at the bill's presentation Thursday, Durbin said he and Graham are in constant communication with White House officials on their plans for immigration legislation.
"Sen. Graham and I have been actively engaged with the White House for weeks, if not months, in conversation about DACA, the [Bar Removal of Individuals who Dream and Grow our Economy] Act and the DREAM Act," said Durbin. "We believe there are people within that White House who want to continue that dialogue and conversation, and we are going to work with them."
Graham's meeting with Kushner happened shortly after that press conference, according to reports.
And Graham extended his appeal in favor of the DREAM Act to administration officials beyond Kushner.
"I think [Secretary of Homeland Security] John Kelly is the guy we should go to and say, 'Come up with a border security plan that you believe will protect our nation from illegal crossings and also do something about the 40 percent of illegal immigrants who've overstayed their visa,' " said Graham.
Graham added that Kelly, who has on multiple occasions expressed support for the immigrants covered under DACA, could be the key to widespread political support for the DREAM Act.
But Kelly stuck to the official White House position.
"The White House has issued the administration’s position on the bill. The president has indicated he will not sign it and the secretary supports the president's position," said David Lapan, Kelly's spokesman.
http://thehill.com/latino/343039-gra...erences-report
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07-24-2017, 02:50 PM #2
Looks like Graham is using the Russia probe as leverage over Trump administration to pressure support for his Dream DACA Amnesty bill!
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Jared Kushner meets with Lindsey Graham
By Tom LoBianco, Manu Raju, Ashley Killough and Jeremy Herb, CNN
Updated 6:36 PM ET, Thu July 20, 2017
- Sen. Lindsey Graham is leading one of a handful of congressional Russia investigations
- Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law, did not answer shouted questions
(CNN)Jared Kushner met Thursday with Sen. Lindsey Graham on Capitol Hill, though the South Carolina Republican said the two discussed immigration policy and not congressional investigations into Russian interference in last year's US presidential election.
Kushner is expected to appear before the Senate intelligence committee Monday in its ongoing Russia investigation. His closed-door session with the committee will be with staff, sources say. It is not yet clear when he would meet with senators. The meeting is being called an "interview," not testimony.
Lawmakers have expressed renewed interest following Donald Trump Jr.'s revelation that he, Kushner and then-Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort met last year with a Russian lawyer who promised damaging information on Hillary Clinton.
Graham is leading one of a handful of congressional probes into Russia's interference in the 2016 election, but he does not sit on the intelligence committee. He is a member of the judiciary committee, which has threatened to subpoeana Manafort and Trump Jr. if they refuse to voluntarily testify before their committee next week. Graham also chairs a subcommittee on crime and terrorism.
When asked by CNN if Graham wanted Kushner to speak before the judiciary committee, he responded, "maybe."
Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law and a top adviser, smiled as he left the meeting but did not answer shouted questions.
Later, Graham was spotted going into the Senate intelligence committee offices. When he came out after about a half hour, Graham told CNN he was discussing an issue separate from the Russia investigation but wouldn't specify what.
Graham told CNN he didn't feel it was appropriate to bring up the Russia meeting in Trump Tower while talking health care and immigration with Kushner.
"There's a way to do this, and there's a process and it will be followed," Graham told CNN. "He'll get to tell his side of the story about all this stuff, and I'm curious to see how it comes out."
CNN's Manu Raju contributed to this report.
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07-24-2017, 05:52 PM #3
VOTE GRAHAM OUT OF OFFICE AND OUT OF A JOB...I HEAR MEXICO IS HIRING!
ILLEGAL ALIENS HAVE "BROKEN" OUR IMMIGRATION SYSTEM
DO NOT REWARD THEM - DEPORT THEM ALL
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07-24-2017, 09:46 PM #4
This is really bad stuff. The more I think about it the more it becomes clear that Trump sent Kushner as his Amnesty emmissary.
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07-24-2017, 09:55 PM #5
Duplicate of 7/20/17
Graham and Kushner met to discuss immigration differences: report
NO AMNESTY
Don't reward the criminal actions of millions of illegal aliens by giving them citizenship.
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