Failure of a 'Dreamer' deal may tip control of Congress
Published on April 02, 2018 at 12:35PM by Sahil Kapur, Bloomberg
The failure of President Donald Trump and Democratic lawmakers to strike a deal on young undocumented immigrants puts the divisive issue into the middle of some hotly contested campaigns for November's midterm elections -- ones which could tip control of Congress. A relatively small number of people are affected personally by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that Trump wants to end -- about 1.8 million immigrants, known as Dreamers, who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children, according to administration estimates. And they can't vote. But the group has emerged as a symbolic stand-in for the debate over illegal immigration that's been at a stalemate in Washington for more than a decade.
Published on April 02, 2018 at 12:35PM by Sahil Kapur, Bloomberg
The failure of President Donald Trump and Democratic lawmakers to strike a deal on young undocumented immigrants puts the divisive issue into the middle of some hotly contested campaigns for November's midterm elections -- ones which could tip control of Congress. A relatively small number of people are affected personally by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that Trump wants to end -- about 1.8 million immigrants, known as Dreamers, who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children, according to administration estimates. And they can't vote. But the group has emerged as a symbolic stand-in for the debate over illegal immigration that's been at a stalemate in Washington for more than a decade.
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