You would only be getting extensions to those reform programs you're exchanging this money for so that the Senate gets to kill them at a later date.
Democrats need to end the wall discussion with thistshutdown. He needs to understand that it's never going to happen. And this is the last time he will be able to use border security as leverage.
Dude. I agree with you...but its the framing.
Democrats need to control the narrative that they will slow walk this dude and kill the wall the moment Trump leaves office.
Trump is a different type of dude. He's going to suck that air out of the room. You're not gonna just dictate terms to him. You have to TRICK him.
This deal will get passed and people will see the democrats as weak.
It worked for Obama.
They punted on immigration reform. The U.S. Supreme Court and Obama’s Immigration Actions Rinse and repeat. Did yall forget the Gang of 8?
Gang of Eight (immigration) - Wikipedia
This is precisely why I rail so hard against this issue.
It takes Democrat votes and pushes people towards republicans and abstaining from voting.
I swear to whatever-god-you-believe-in that it does.