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Article snippet: The Trump administration and Congress have a matter of weeks to agree to an immigration deal that would protect potentially millions of undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children from deportation. MORE is winding down the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which allowed qualified immigrants to work and go to school. The White House set a March 5 deadline for action by Congress. Before then, lawmakers face a Feb. 8 deadline to fund the government — not too long after a three-day shutdown triggered by the fight over DACA. The Senate will start its immigration debate immediately after the spending deadline. Getting to a deal will be anything but easy given contrasting positions of the White House, Democrats and conservative Republicans. Here are five big hurdles to a deal. Can there be an agreement on citizenship? Trump is now backing a path to citizenship for as many as 1.8 million undocumented immigrants known as “Dreamers,” a stance that significantly increases the likelihood it will be a part of a deal. But there’s no guarantee. Trump’s proposal is paired with spending $25 billion on border security including funding for the wall with Mexico; an end to family immigration policies that allow immigrants to bring parents and adult children to the United States, and the death of the visa lottery program designed to bring in more people from countries that send fewer immigrants to the United States. Democrats and some ... Link to the full article to read more