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Trump urges Dems to help craft new immigration laws: ‘Chuck & Nancy, call me!' | TheHill

posted onOctober 21, 2018
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Article snippet: MORE on Saturday invited Democratic leaders to call him to discuss crafting new immigration laws, claiming Democrats are blocking new proposals. "If the Democrats would stop being obstructionists and come together, we could write up and agree to new immigration laws in less than one hour," Trump tweeted. The president accused Democrats of causing "needless pain and suffering" while pointing to "horrors taking place on the Border." He did not elaborate on what issues he was referring to. "Chuck & Nancy, call me!" Trump wrote, referring to Senate Minority Leader MORE (D-Calif.). Schumer and Pelosi issued a joint statement on Saturday afternoon pushing back on Trump's tweet while accusing Republicans of "making a mess" of the U.S. health-care system. The Trump administration is currently arguing in court that ObamaCare’s pre-existing condition protections should be struck down, and the Democratic leaders said their members "will not be diverted" away from discussing health care. "The president is desperate to change the subject from health care to immigration because he knows that health care is the number one issue Americans care about," Pelosi and Schumer said in the statement. "increasingly worried that Trump and GOP leaders will strike a scaled-down immigration deal with Democrats in the lame-duck session if Democrats win control of the House next month. Some Republicans worry that Trump will be eager to offer protections for hundreds of thousands of young i... Link to the full article to read more

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