Dreamer Deadline Slips Past March

  • Timing may affect talks in Congress to avoid another shutdown
  • Democrats seek to protect young immigrants from deportation
Speaking in Davos, Trump complained that the U.S. immigration system is "stuck in the past."Source: World Economic Forum
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Democrats have made March 5 a rallying point on immigration. That’s when the Trump administration had planned to start making about 700,000 young immigrants vulnerable to deportation.

It turns out that date may not matter much anymore. A judge’s ruling is combining with President Donald Trump’s shifting position to leave March 5 with, at best, murky significance.