Press secretary Sarah Sanders said the issue was “left out on purpose.” The president will formally unveil the plan in the Rose Garden on Thursday.
By John Wagner , John Wagner National reporter leading The Post's breaking political news team Email Bio Follow Seung Min Kim and Seung Min Kim White House reporter Email Bio Follow David Nakamura David Nakamura Reporter covering the White House Email Bio Follow May 16 at 12:32 PM White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Thursday that President Trump’s new immigration plan does not address the fate of young undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children...
But White House aides emphasized that Trump is enthusiastically on board with an effort to demonstrate that he endorses legal immigration to help U.S. companies even as he has railed against other groups, including immigrant families seeking asylum and refugees. Speaking to reporters, Sanders said protections offered through the DACA program are “certainly something to discuss and look at and address.”
Pelosi said she had yet to be briefed on Trump’s plan but took issue with the use of the term “merit.”Pelosi also argued that other Trump administration actions on immigration have contributed to what she called a “humanitarian crisis” at the U.S.-Mexico border. Under the new system, about 57 percent of green cards would be issued on merit, compared to about 12 percent now, according to Brooke Rollins and Mercedes Schlapp, who briefed GOP aides on Thursday. About two-thirds of green cards are currently based on family ties, but the new White House proposal would slash that percentage down to about a third, according to an official who attended the briefing.
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