A path to citizenship for “Dreamers” is emerging as the biggest sticking point in the negotiations over an immigration bill, one day after President Trump and Democratic leaders seemed close to a deal.
Democrats view “Dreamers” as “Americans in every way except on paper” and consider a pathway to citizenship non-negotiable.
But many conservative critics of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program deem any citizenship benefits for undocumented immigrants to be “amnesty” for those who broke the law when they entered the country. And Trump on Thursday, after taking a beating in the conservative press, sought to assure his base that he won’t cave on one of his biggest campaign promises.
