2018-01-26thehill.com

For the bipartisan gang of 20 senators trying to hammer out an agreement to protect the "Dreamers," it's clear the Trump outline -- intended as an olive branch to Democrats -- gets them no closer to a deal. One of the key negotiators of the group, Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), warned that Trump's plan places the White House's "hardline immigration agenda ... on the backs of these young people."

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But for the most part, conservative outside groups, members of the House Freedom Caucus and other vocal immigration hard-liners all panned the White House plan, saying providing a path to citizenship for 1.8 million "Dreamers" amounted to "mass amnesty" for law breakers.



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