Pelosi to Trump voters: Forget your wall
President Donald Trump couldn’t get a Republican congress on board with building a border wall. Looks like he’s not going to fare any better with the Democrats.
House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi on Thursday rejected the idea of paying for President Donald Trump’s border wall in exchange for helping hundreds of thousands of young immigrants avoid deportation, the Associated Press is reporting.
In comments after the House and Senate approved a stopgap bill to keep the government funded through December 21, Pelosi rejected making any link between the Democrats’ goal of legal protection for illegals that fall under so-called “Dreamer” status and Trump’s priority – and that of his voters – of funding a wall between Mexico and the U.S.
Trump has said he wants any future funding packages to include at least $5 billion for a wall. He’s threatened to shut down the government if he doesn’t get it – a threat he’s made before and not followed through with.
According to the AP:
Most Democrats consider the wall “immoral, ineffective, expensive,” Pelosi said, noting that Trump promised during the 2016 campaign that Mexico would pay for it, an idea Mexican leaders have repeatedly rejected.Even if Mexico did pay for the wall, “it’s immoral still,” Pelosi said.Protecting borders “is a responsibility we honor, but we do so by honoring our values as well,” she added.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (communist-N.Y.), said the $1 billion appropriated last year for border security that could’ve been spent toward building a wall was not spent, so budgeting another $5 billion in the next fiscal year “makes no sense.”
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