There's a saying that goes something like, if both extremes are upset over a piece of legislation, then it probably has merit. After weeks of Americans hearing the number of "Dreamers" pegged at 800,000, Trump unveils a proposal for a path to citizenship that is nearly 250% LARGER than that number. The immigration hard liners on the right are upset, but the open borders crowd on the left is also upset because of the border wall funding and other immigration curtailments. But this proposal shows a willingness to compromise, to make a deal, and to seem reasonable. Which is something that should be expected when one elects a non-ideologue to the nation's highest office. It also belies the "Donald Trump hates brown people" narrative that people irresponsibly throw around. Now it's possible that the Republicans will squash this before it gets very far, but I really hope it goes down because of the Democrats. Because as I said days ago, they don't ACTUALLY want a deal. I don't think they do, anyway. They want a campaign issue for 2018. They can't give Trump a legislative victory, and they SURELY don't want to give him one on this!!
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