{"id":16021,"date":"2017-12-21T16:35:13","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T21:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=16021"},"modified":"2018-12-28T12:24:56","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T17:24:56","slug":"democratic-amnesty-offer-indecent-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2017\/12\/21\/democratic-amnesty-offer-indecent-proposal\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratic Amnesty Offer is an Indecent Proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"
Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) may have sold most of his caucus on the idea that it makes sense to shut down government spending bill if a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) amnesty isn\u2019t included in the year-end spending bill. Now it would seem the Illinois senator is trying to persuade Republicans on an even more absurd proposal.<\/p>\n
According to Breitbart News<\/em><\/a>,<\/em> Durbin, who is among a bipartisan group leading talks to reach an agreement on the status of DACA recipients, wants the GOP to buy into large-scale amnesty in exchange for \u201chis promise to let low-ranking border officials continue routine, non-political practices.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe Democrats have made a big show of saying they are for\u00a0border security, but all they are agreeing to are things that would be done in\u00a0normal\u00a0circumstances,\u201d a Capitol Hill source told Breitbart News<\/em>.<\/p>\n For example, the Democratic negotiating document lifts benign proposals from a \u00a0border security bill<\/a> introduced earlier this year by Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), including upgrades to computerized license-plate readers used at border crossings that would cost<\/a> $125 million for FY2018.<\/p>\n Cornyn\u2019s bill is part of the GOP\u2019s\u00a0SECURE Act<\/a>, which was introduced in December. Backed by President Trump, It would have extended DACA protections for three years while making modest changes to the legal immigration system and enhancing border security.<\/p>\n However, Durbin soundly rejected the proposal, making it clear that Democrats are unprepared to accept real tradeoffs that respond to the demands of the American people to see our laws enforced and immigration levels reduced.<\/p>\n