Trump Demands Wall Funds for DACA, Draws Democrats’ Rebuke
- Top Democrats say president is reneging on deal for ‘Dreamers’
- White House says ‘chain migration’ also must be ended
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President Donald Trump demanded that Congress deliver funding for his border wall and make dramatic changes to immigration policy in exchange for letting young people brought illegally to the U.S. as children stay in the country.
The administration’s proposal, outlined in a briefing by U.S. officials and sent to lawmakers on Sunday night, was swiftly rejected by top Democrats in Congress, who charged that the president had reneged on an agreement last month to allow about 800,000 so-called Dreamers to remain in the U.S.