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Trump immigration plan is rejected by Senate

 The Senate has rejected legislation based on President Trump's framework for an immigration deal in a 39-60 vote on Thursday, leaving an uncertain path forward for Congress with nearly a million immigrants sheltered by an Obama-era program face the prospect of deportation.
The measure spearheaded by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) needed 60 votes to clear a filibuster, but failed to meet the mark.
It was the fourth proposal in a row rejected by the Senate on Thursday afternoon, and it received the fewest votes of support. All three other measures won more than 50 votes.
The Grassley measure provided a pathway to citizenship for 1.8 million immigrants brought to the country illegally as children. Many of these people could face deportation beginning in March as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program is scaled back, though court rulings are complicating that matter.
It also included $25 billion for border security, tougher interior enforcement and new limits on legal immigration.
Supporters of the plan and the White House mounted an intense pressure campaign to win over the 60 votes needed to move forward with their plan.


The Trump administration announced last year that they were ending DACA, which allows undocumented immigrants brought into the country as children to work and go to school.
Under that decision Congress has until March 5 to pass a fix. But two court dates have thrown that into limbo.



Source : http://thehill.com/

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