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Stinky The Clown

(67,808 posts)
Mon Jan 22, 2018, 06:14 PM Jan 2018

Just my gut feeling about where this congress will end up with DACA

Like the budget, it will get kicked down the road.

Some sort of CR-type legislation will put this forward until after the midterms. If the Dems win, it gets enshrined in law. If the GOP wins, they get some shitty, watered down sort of program that will be criminally burdensome on the Dreamers.

Again, just my gut feeling based on nothing but intuition.

And history.

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Just my gut feeling about where this congress will end up with DACA (Original Post) Stinky The Clown Jan 2018 OP
Trust Mitch. TheCowsCameHome Jan 2018 #1
Yea, Right... he's always playing hardball mitch96 Jan 2018 #8
If the Dems get Congress treestar Jan 2018 #2
We need a veto-proof majority. Vinca Jan 2018 #3
We should go for that treestar Jan 2018 #5
What Makes You Expect A CR? SoCalMusicLover Jan 2018 #4
The GOPee may be evil, but they're not stupid. They know DACA is an 80/20 deal. Stinky The Clown Jan 2018 #9
+80% of Americans want a DACA fix. Anything that puts John Fante Jan 2018 #6
That makes sense, although it puts the Dreamers in an awful state of flux. Bleacher Creature Jan 2018 #7

mitch96

(13,911 posts)
8. Yea, Right... he's always playing hardball
Mon Jan 22, 2018, 06:24 PM
Jan 2018

He will come up with something that looks like a DACA repeal but it isn't. He did not make a commitment so we are getting pissed on and them telling us it's just rain...
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SoCalMusicLover

(3,194 posts)
4. What Makes You Expect A CR?
Mon Jan 22, 2018, 06:20 PM
Jan 2018

I think it's all going to just end in March, and then they'll act as if it never existed in the first place.

A CR is an indication that there is hope of a resolution, that both sides have incentive to keep program viable. The repubs have no such intention.

Stinky The Clown

(67,808 posts)
9. The GOPee may be evil, but they're not stupid. They know DACA is an 80/20 deal.
Mon Jan 22, 2018, 06:27 PM
Jan 2018

They will kick it to 2019, when they expect Dems to have more power. Then it gets done and the GOPee gets a campaign issue.

They ALWAYS do this when they smell electoral setbacks.

Bush crashed the economy. Obama got blamed for a "slow recovery" - never mind that it was as bad or worse than the Great Depression. This cycle, they sowed the seeds of a crashed economy again AND they get "illegal immigration" as bonus.

John Fante

(3,479 posts)
6. +80% of Americans want a DACA fix. Anything that puts
Mon Jan 22, 2018, 06:21 PM
Jan 2018

these young men and women in the crosshairs of INS would be a political disaster for the GOP.

Congressional Republicans are well aware of this, that's why they hammered out a bipartisan bill for Durrr Fuhrer to sign. I'm no fan of Graham and company, but it's not their fault the POS in the WH scoffed at the deal.

Bleacher Creature

(11,257 posts)
7. That makes sense, although it puts the Dreamers in an awful state of flux.
Mon Jan 22, 2018, 06:22 PM
Jan 2018

That said, I'm pretty confident that the results of the midterms will shift the politics in favor of making their status permanent, even if Democrats can't take back at least one house of Congress.

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