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Article snippet: Senate immigration talks are in limbo after tweeted Friday that Republicans should stop wasting their time negotiating with Democrats and wait until after the election to take action. Trump predicts Republicans will be in a stronger negotiating position after what he says will be a “red wave” in November — a different forecast than the one made by many other handicappers, who see promising signs in the midterms for Democrats. In the House, Republicans are divided over how tough to make the enforcement provisions and there’s little appetite among Democrats to help advance Trump’s get-tough approach to illegal immigration. In the Senate, it’s not even clear there will be a vote. Senators in both parties have been holding talks on a variety of measures that might ease concerns at the border, but Senate Majority Leader MORE (R-Ky.) earlier this year signaled his intention to move on from the divisive issue after a week of floor time had been devoted to immigration. Trump’s executive order ending the separation of children from their parents at the border eased pressure on Congress to find a solution, and some senators toward the end of the week were guessing media attention might move to some new controversy next week. One Republican close to the immigration talks in the Senate predicted the chance of a bill passing before the election is “extremely unlikely” because “the pressure is off” after Trump’s order. There’s sense among lawmakers that leadership is ready ... Link to the full article to read more