Originally published at: Trump’s Base Angry at His Immigration Proposal | Infostormer.com
Donald Trump's base is uneasy over his immigration proposal that exchanges a path to citizenship to DACA recipients for the border wall along with fixes to the chain migration and diversity lottery systems.
The President's immigration proposal has drawn anger from his base. This is largely because it includes a path to citizenship for millions of illegal aliens.CBS:
Obviously, I disagree with giving any sort of amnesty to these so-called "dreamer" illegal aliens. The base's frustration with this proposal is understandable. Such a concession would only be warranted if major immigration reforms were included in a deal.Fearing betrayal on a signature campaign issue, President Trump's loyalists across the country are lashing out against his proposal to create a path to citizenship for nearly 2 million "Dreamer" immigrants. Mr. Trump's proposal includes $25 billion for border security and significant changes to legal immigration long sought by hard-liners.
Several Democrats and immigration activists rejected it outright, accusing the president of holding "Dreamers" hostage to his hard-line immigration agenda.
Senior White House officials cast the plan as a centrist compromise that could win support from both parties and enough votes to pass the Senate.
But it comes with a long list of concessions that many Democrats, and conservative Republicans, especially in the House, may find impossible to swallow.
His supporters' focus on "amnesty" for Dreamers highlights how dug in the base is and how little room Mr. Trump has to maneuver.
Despite all that, I wouldn’t read a ton into this. Everything is still being negotiated. Trump knew that the Democrats would never accept this proposal despite the fact that it is an honest attempt to offer a compromise. Their immediate rejection of the proposal shows how unreasonable and unwilling they are to strike a deal.
If they’re not going to accept this proposal than no deal on DACA will happen and all the so-called “dreamers” will get deported. It’s that simple. The blame will go to the Democrats for refusing to accept Trump’s deal.
The Democrats are in a position where they have to strike a deal to keep their base happy. Trump can do nothing and keep his base happy. The longer they wait, the worse deal they’re going to get. Trump can wait this out and force the Democrats to accept a deal on his terms. If not, they’ll have to answer to their political base of crazies which will hurt them in the mid-terms.