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riversedge

(70,306 posts) Tue Sep 5, 2017, 05:14 AM Sep 2017

Lindsey Graham says he supports Trump's cancellation with a six-month delay as it allows Congress to

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Lindsey Graham says he supports Trump's cancellation with a six-month delay as it allows Congress to come up with a legislative solution.

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Lindsey Graham says he supports Trump's cancellation with a six-month delay as it allows Congress to (Original Post) riversedge Sep 2017 OP

wants it both ways. JI7 Sep 2017 #1

Congress will probably try for a 1 year extension Not Ruth Sep 2017 #2

As DREAM Act Fails, Graham Tells Undocumented Youth They Wasted Their Time (2010) oberliner Sep 2017 #3

And Comprehensive Immigration Reform went nowhere as well. Proud Liberal Dem Sep 2017 #8

That's why I don't really see the Senate doing anything this time either oberliner Sep 2017 #9

I doubt it as well Proud Liberal Dem Sep 2017 #10

Good call, Lindsey! PJMcK Sep 2017 #4

The solution is impeachment. Orrex Sep 2017 #5

the dreamers in the hands of congress is scary as hell spanone Sep 2017 #6

Spineless worm. Nt joeybee12 Sep 2017 #7

JI7

(89,274 posts)

1. wants it both ways.

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Tue Sep 5, 2017, 05:16 AM

Sep 2017

Not Ruth

(3,613 posts)

2. Congress will probably try for a 1 year extension

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Tue Sep 5, 2017, 05:17 AM

Sep 2017

oberliner

(58,724 posts)

3. As DREAM Act Fails, Graham Tells Undocumented Youth They Wasted Their Time (2010)

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Tue Sep 5, 2017, 06:36 AM

Sep 2017

Today, the Senate failed to invoke cloture on the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act. Fourty-one mostly Republican senators voted against a bill which would have provided young undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. by their parents a path to legalization by pursuing a college education or serving in the military. 55 voted in the affirmative.

Immediately before the vote failed, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) took the Senate floor to tell the young DREAMers who have come to his office that they were “wasting their time” because the border hasn’t been secured:

To the DREAM Act, I have been involved in comprehensive immigration reform for many years. Senator Durbin and I have talked about how to make the DREAM Act part of comprehensive immigration reform. To Those who have come to my office — you’re always welcome to come, but you’re wasting your time. We’re not going to pass the DREAM Act or any other legalization program until we secure our borders. It will never be done as a stand-alone. It has to be part of comprehensive immigration reform.

https://thinkprogress.org/as-dream-act-fails-graham-tells-undocumented-youth-they-wasted-their-time-2340bac8370c/

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,438 posts)

8. And Comprehensive Immigration Reform went nowhere as well.

Reply to oberliner (Reply #3)

Tue Sep 5, 2017, 09:55 AM

Sep 2017

The Senate even passed a bipartisan bill that President Obama wanted to sign. The Republican House sat on their hands and did NOTHING with it.

oberliner

(58,724 posts)

9. That's why I don't really see the Senate doing anything this time either

Reply to Proud Liberal Dem (Reply #8)

Tue Sep 5, 2017, 10:38 AM

Sep 2017

Especially with Republicans in charge.

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,438 posts)

10. I doubt it as well

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Tue Sep 5, 2017, 11:01 AM

Sep 2017

PJMcK

(22,050 posts)

4. Good call, Lindsey!

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Tue Sep 5, 2017, 08:32 AM

Sep 2017

Because Congress doesn't have anything else to do in the next six months. (snark)

The Republicans cannot accomplish anything these days yet they call Democrats "obstructionists." With everything else Congress and the White House has to do, it's inevitable that they'll make a greater mess while really not finishing their jobs.

I hate Republicans.