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U.S. NEWS Thursday 15 February 2018
Senate moderates have immigration deal on Dreamers, wall

By ALAN FRAM citizenship, they said — well
KEVIN FREKING short of a Trump proposal to
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen- prevent all legal immigrants
ate moderates reached from bringing parents and
a bipartisan agreement siblings to the U.S.
Wednesday aimed at bal- The moderates’ measure
ancing Democrats' fight to does not alter a lottery that
offer citizenship to young distributes about 55,000 vi-
"Dreamer" immigrants with sas annually to people from
President Donald Trump's diverse countries. Trump
demands for billions to has proposed ending it
build his coveted border and redistributing its visas to
wall with Mexico, partici- other immigrants, including
pants in those talks said. some who are admitted
While not specifically men- based on job skills, not fam-
tioning the bipartisan pact, ily ties. “The diversity lottery
Trump urged lawmakers is kind of toxic politically be-
to oppose any plan that cause of some of the things
doesn't meet his more said by the president,” said
stringent demands, which Graham, a reference to a
include legal immigration vulgar description Trump
curbs. The Senate's No. 2 used for African countries
Republican, John Cornyn during a discussion of im-
of Texas, warned, "We Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, and Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., right, walk out- migration. The White House
need to take the president side the chamber during debate in the Senate on immigration, at the Capitol in Washington, issued a written statement
seriously" and address his Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018. Schumer said on the Senate floor that "the one person who seems most by Trump urging senators to
intent on not getting a deal is President Trump."
entire proposal. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) back his bill and “oppose
Those comments raised any legislation that fails
questions about whether there have been no other ship for Dreamers, with Gra- have no permanent pro- to fulfill” his demands. But
the compromise could at- votes while party lead- ham saying it would cover tection from deportation. the statement did not say
tract the 60 votes needed ers talk behind the scenes 1.8 million of them. The two senators said the Trump would veto a bill that
to move through the close- about scheduling votes on That's the same number plan would provide $25 bil- fell short of them. A GOP bill
ly divided Senate. But so far, specific proposals. Trump has suggested help- lion over a decade for a tracking Trump’s proposal
no package has emerged Majority Leader Mitch Mc- ing with his own wider-rang- wall and other border secu- and backed by McCon-
from either side that seems Connell, R-Ky., has said he ing proposal. Dreamers are rity measures, an amount nell has been introduced.
able to do that. wants the Senate to finish young immigrants who Trump has requested. It Cornyn said he expected
The proposal was emerg- considering immigration were brought to the U.S. il- would bar Dreamers from it to be voted on this week,
ing as senators spent a third legislation this week. It is un- legally as children and still sponsoring their parents for perhaps Thursday.q
day of debate largely as clear if that will happen.
they've spent the first two Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-
— with the chamber floor S.C., and Mike Rounds, R-
mostly empty. Other than S.D., said the moderates'
an initial roll call allowing proposal would grant a 10-
formal debate to begin, to 12-year route to citizen-

Report: Trump-sought military

parade could cost $10M-$30M

By ANDREW TAYLOR I think $10 million and $30
WASHINGTON (AP) — The million depending on the
White House budget direc- size of the parade, the
tor said Wednesday that a scope of it, the length of
military parade envisioned it," Mulvaney said. "We've
by President Donald Trump not accounted for it in this
could cost between $10 year's budget simply be-
million and $30 million, al- cause it's come up at the
though that money is not last minute."
included in the administra- Officials such as Defense
tion's new budget request. Secretary Jim Mattis have
Office of Management confirmed that Trump has
and Budget Director Mick pushed for a large-scale
Mulvaney told the House parade to trumpet the U.S.
Budget Committee that military, but Mulvaney said
estimates are "very prelimi- the administration hasn’t
nary." He said they're "be- decided to go forward
tween 10 and 30 depend- with it. “We’ll continue to
ing on the length" of the work with you folks if we
parade. decided to push forward,”
"I've various different cost Mulvaney told the lawmak-
estimates from between ers. q