Sanders: White House to unveil immigration framework next week

Source: Politico

By LOUIS NELSON 01/24/2018 03:28 PM EST

The White House will roll out a “legislative framework” next week to address the group known as Dreamers and make other reforms to the U.S. immigration system, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Wednesday.

Sanders said the White House would offer what it believed was compromise legislation that could bridge a gap on the issue between the House and the Senate. She did not provide any details of what would be in the framework, however.

“Based on these negotiations, the White House will release a legislative frame work on Monday that represents a compromise that members of both parties can support. We encourage the Senate to bring it to the floor,” Sanders said. “After decades of inaction by Congress, it's time we work together to solve this issue once and for all. The American people deserve no less.”

Lawmakers have struggled in recent weeks to negotiate a compromise on the status of Dreamers, or undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children. An impasse over the issue briefly shut down the government, and although a continuing resolution reopened the government through early next month, talks about immigration are unresolved.

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