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Is there wiggle room or not so much, mike? >> top democrats are saying that this plan shows that the trump administration is not serious about compromise. theyre saying it is also not serious about helping the dreamers. house democratic leader nancy pelosi and chuck schumer issuing a joint statement saying we told the president at our meeting that we were open to reasonable border security measures alongside the dream act but this list goes far beyond what is reasonable. this proposal fails to r...

Nonnegotiable. president trump said he would end president obamas program that protected the dreamers and gave congress six months to come up with a plan. democrats are calling the list impossible. chuck schumer and the house minority leader nancy pelosi say the president is going back on an agreement that they made with him when they all had dinner last month. together the two write, "we told the president at our meeting that we were open to reasonable border security measures alongside the dr...

The white house releasing president trump list of immigration priorities. the president saying those reforms must be part of any legislation to extend the protection from deportation many young immigrants had under president obamas daca program. they include overhauling the countrys green card system to make it merit-based while decreasing the number of family members from abroad. cracking down on unaccompanied minors entering the country and building mr. trumps promise to border wall. and denyi...

Made with the deal with democrats. >> it does go back with the deal he made with democrats. chuck and nancy, i normally wouldnt refer to them that way, but they have done this twice, once on spending, obviously the president followed through on that, but when they came out and stood up and said, hey, we have a deal with the president, i think there was a lot of wondering about whether they were going to find themselves in the same place that frankly republicans have found themselves over and ove...

Between a border and a border wall. >> well, a wall keeps people from crossing your border. it makes it a whole lot more -- >> theres a fence there now. i think people do want something there -- >> it aint working, don. >> but do you think that a border wall -- >> actually, it is, andre. >> its working more under trump than it was working under obama. >> no. if you look at what is going on -- >> yes. >> -- with the numbers, under obama the immigration -- undocumented immigration into this countr...

Brought here, no fault of their own. so were working on a plan, well see how it works out. >> were already starting the wall. the wall is being renovated because we have vast amounts of wall. the wall is being fully renovated right now as you know. we have to have anxiohave an ung that there in the budget or another vehicle, the equal will be funded otherwise were not doing anything. >> daca in our and the wall very soon. good morning and welcome to "a.m. joy." forget donald the deal maker are...

>> i think the president understands hes going to have to work with the majoritys? >> we all agreed on a framework to pass additional border security measures. we agreed the president would support enshrining the daca protections into law. >> julie pace, fun times on the hill for republican leaders. talk about the back and forth between capitol hill and the trump white house yesterday. >> there was so much back and forth yesterday. is there a deal? is there not a deal? i think where we ended up ...

First, the president signaling a little but of displeasure with republicans not getting other legislative items done and signaling a willingness to do what it takes. theres going to be some issues between democrats and republicans if there is a bipartisan one because the only much more stricter border security measures. the issue of citizenship is going to be real sticking point. >> julie: they had a verbal agreement that they would shield the so-called dreamers and pretty much do away with trum...

>> i think the president understands he has to work with the congressional majority to get any kind of a resolution. >> mitch mcconnell said as congress debates the best ways to address illegal immigration, daca should be part of those discussions. we look forward to receiving trump administrations legislative proposal as we continue our work on these issues. democratic senate majority leader, minority leader chuck schumer was adamant the democrats had a key role in laying out the basics of w...

T. over the last decade as weve seen congress struggle with the issue. one, most americans want some of the people here illegally to have some ability to stay in the country. at the same time, most americans want there to be a sequence. we have border security first. before theres any legalization of people here illegally. the problem with the terms of the deal or deal about it a deal that was discussed by democrats and the president last night is it puts those things on an equal playing field. ...