Thread: SUNDAY 9:15 PM: Senator Jeff Flake Pleading for Illegal Aliens

Senator Jeff Flake, on the Senate floor, says he will agree to CR till Feburary 8. If immigration and DACA not settled by then they will proceed to legislation on immigration immediately. McConnell has promised to bring up DACA.

Jeff Flake said forget the White House on immigration, we will deliberate in this body, bring bills forward and debate.

Senator Mitch McConnell spoke, too. He says that he will bring up DACA, border security, and other related issues.

Flake: Not Helpful for Trump to Be Involved in Discussions


Solange Reyner

January 21, 2018



Republican Sen. Jeff Flake on Sunday said he doesn’t think it would be helpful for President Donald Trump to get involved in government shutdown discussions.



“I just don’t think it helps for him to be involved at all," he said outside the Senate chamber. “The White House really hasn’t been involved from what I’ve seen.”

“It's going to be very difficult to pass anything out of the House without the President’s support. Our hope is to pass something in the Senate that then gets the President’s support," he added.



Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has a 1 a.m. cloture vote scheduled for Monday if an agreement isn’t reached before then and Flake on Sunday confirmed it would still take place at that time.

Democrats on late Friday filibustered a Republican bill to fund the government in order to secure a deal for DACA recipients. The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) allowed people who illegally came to the United States as children with their parents to stay if they met certain criteria. President Donald Trump in early September announced he was ending DACA and giving a gridlocked Congress until March to decide what happens to the 800,000-plus young people affected.




https://www.newsmax.com/headline/jef.../21/id/838483/

Originally Posted by GeorgiaPeach

Flake: Not Helpful for Trump to Be Involved in Discussions


Solange Reyner

January 21, 2018



Republican Sen. Jeff Flake on Sunday said he doesn’t think it would be helpful for President Donald Trump to get involved in government shutdown discussions.



“I just don’t think it helps for him to be involved at all," he said outside the Senate chamber. “The White House really hasn’t been involved from what I’ve seen.”

“It's going to be very difficult to pass anything out of the House without the President’s support. Our hope is to pass something in the Senate that then gets the President’s support," he added.



Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has a 1 a.m. cloture vote scheduled for Monday if an agreement isn’t reached before then and Flake on Sunday confirmed it would still take place at that time.

Democrats on late Friday filibustered a Republican bill to fund the government in order to secure a deal for DACA recipients. The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) allowed people who illegally came to the United States as children with their parents to stay if they met certain criteria. President Donald Trump in early September announced he was ending DACA and giving a gridlocked Congress until March to decide what happens to the 800,000-plus young people affected.




https://www.newsmax.com/headline/jef.../21/id/838483/

To hell with Jeff Flake, the RINOs and the Democrats! Our government should not provide amnesty to any illegal aliens! Ever! Apparently none of our politicians in D.C. are answering their phones but I urge all of my fellow ALIPACers to call anyway and leave a message.