Trump Throws New Roadblock in Front of GOP Immigration Efforts
- Tweet lands in midst of efforts for a compromise in House
- Vulnerable Republicans struggle with family-separation fallout
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President Donald Trump may have killed whatever chance House Republicans had of passing immigration legislation next week by telling them to stop “wasting their time” on the issue until after the November elections.
Trump, who just days ago told Republican lawmakers he was behind their effort “100 percent,” has since repeatedly undercut attempts to shape a bill that would have provided most of what he previously said he wanted on immigration -- including money for a wall on the U.S.-Mexican border -- and would provide a legislative remedy for the separations of families who cross the border.