Clash Over Young Immigrants Hangs Over Year-End Budget Talks
- Senate talks to marry border security, immigration fix falters
- Cornyn says protections for ‘Dreamers’ not likely until 2018
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The likelihood of a government shutdown before year’s end is increasing after Senate negotiations stalled over plans to provide deportation protection for 800,000 young undocumented immigrants.
John Cornyn of Texas, the Senate’s No. 2 Republican leader, said Monday that talks with Senate Democrats over combining new border security measures and deportation protections are at an impasse. Cornyn said he sees little chance for resolution before the year is over, pushing the matter into early 2018.