Thread: Graham floats trading DACA, TPS protections for $5 billion in wall funding

Graham floats trading DACA, TPS protections for $5 billion in wall funding to end shutdown

BY CAMILO MONTOYA-GALVEZ
UPDATED ON: DECEMBER 30, 2018 / 5:48 PM / CBS NEWS

Washington — Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina urged the White House and Democrats to consider supporting what he called a "breakthrough" compromise on immigration that would allow President Trump to secure his $5 billion demand for border security funds and also codify protections for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders.

"I don't see Democrats giving us more money, unless they get something," Graham told reporters outside the White House Sunday afternoon after a two-hour lunch with the president.

Graham said he proposed the idea to Mr. Trump, who he said called it "interesting."

He said the deal would entail the White House supporting the Bridge Act, a bill Graham co-sponsored to grant DACA recipients three-year work permits, as well as legislation to extend the legal status of TPS holders. In exchange, Democrats would need to support a spending measure that includes $5 billion in funding for border security.

"I think that's in the realm of possibility. The president didn't commit, but I think he's very open minded. I know there's some Democrats out there who would be willing to provide money for a wall, border security if we could deal with the DACA population and TPS people," Graham said.

Sen. Lindsey Graham speaks to members of the media outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, after his meeting with President Trump, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2018.PABLO MARTINEZ MONSIVAIS / AP

The Trump administration tried to dismantle DACA, an Obama-era program that shields approximately 800,000 young undocumented immigrants from deportation, in the fall of 2017, but a prolonged court battle has kept the initiative alive. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) also announced the eventual termination of TPS protections for more than 250,000 immigrants from El Salvador, Honduras, Sudan and Haiti, but a federal judge blocked the decision in early October.

Graham said $5 billion for border security is not enough for either him or Mr. Trump to support granting DACA recipients a pathway to citizenship.

Mr. Trump's rigid stance on border wall funding and Democrats' refusal to budge to his demands have fueled an impasse in budget negotiations on Capitol Hill. The government has been partially closed since Dec. 22 and the shutdown is expected to stretch into the new year, when Democrats take control of the House.

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What planet is Lindsey Graham from? I think some UFO simply landed on Earth and booted him off. Quick.

He spent way too much time with John McCain.

Lindsey Graham = just another R doing what many of them do every day of the year, in bed with the D's.

Give Democrats nothing!

They already got Amnesty #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 !!!

No more deals.

Build that wall and deport them all.

End birthright citizenship.

Set a weekly quota to deport refugees and TPS....they cannot stay here for life!

NO VACANCY, NO MORE PEOPLE! CLEAN THIS MESS UP AND CUT OFF THE FREE STUFF!

ENFORCE PUBLIC CHARGE LAWS AND CUT OFF THE WELFARE AND FOOD STAMPS!

NO FREE SCHOOL OR HEALTHCARE!