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The 14 GOP senators who voted against Trump’s immigration framework | TheHill

posted onFebruary 18, 2018
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Article snippet: MORE’s immigration framework faced an unexpected opponent this week as it crashed on the Senate floor: Republicans. The opposition from more than a fourth of the GOP conference came despite an intense pressure campaign by the White House and the Department of Homeland Security, which shot down back-to-back bipartisan offers. In the end, 14 GOP senators rejected Trump's proposal, helping make it the least popular of the Senate’s competing measures. Here’s a look at the GOP senators who bucked Trump. Sen. MORE (Wyo.) Barrasso, who is up for reelection in 2018, was one of two members of GOP leadership to oppose Trump’s plan. His vote came roughly a day after he called the White House framework “very generous.” “I want to make sure that we have a secure border. I want to make sure that the laws are enforced and I want to make sure our citizens are safe,” he told Fox News this week. A spokeswoman for Barrasso didn’t respond to a request for comment. But the conservative senator has said he believes the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was illegal. Sen. MORE (Maine) Collins was at the center of a bipartisan group that negotiated for months to come up with a rival plan to Trump’s. Hours before the votes, DHS warned that the proposal would undermine the rule of law and the White House threatened to veto the Common Sense Coalition’s plan. “I’m personally very disappointed in the administration's response,” Collins said. The bipartisan group’s amendme... Link to the full article to read more

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