Jared Kushner is pushing a novel idea to break the Congressional deadlock and end the government shutdown according to Axios: Put green cards for DACA recipients on the table.
A new immigration idea has been circulating over the past 24 hours at senior levels inside the White House and on Capitol Hill: Give a path to green cards to the 700,000 current DACA recipients, three sources familiar with the conversations tell Axios.
Though the idea is anathema to many Republicans (as well as conservative talking heads like Anne Coulter), Kushner believes it could be a workable option for winning support from Democrats for an immigration compromise bill being pushed by his father-in-law. Over the weekend, Trump said he would be open to a three-year extension of DACA protections as part of the compromise plan – something that Democratic leaders almost immediately rejected.
Some Republican senators, including James Lankford of Oklahoma, have advocated for this idea, but White House aides worry that it could turn off President Trump’s No. 1 supporter: Fox News host Sean Hannity. Yet, there are few other workable options on the table. Few believe Trump’s current immigration plan has a prayer of gaining the 60 votes needed to pass the Senate when Mitch McConnell brings it up for a vote on Thursday. And even if it does somehow pass, it would be effectively DOA in the House.
“Trump can withstand Ann Coulter. He can’t lose Hannity and the rest,”the senator said.
One Republican involved in the negotiating process told Axios that Kushner “wants to go big.” But there’s one problem: “Now isn’t the time to go big.”
“If you throw green cards onto the table, this whole coalition will fall over on the right,” the senator told Axios on Tuesday night. “If you start putting citizenship on the table in any meaningful way, Democrats will have to give more, and they’re not ready to give more.”
Another source said Kushner was merely canvassing lawmakers about ideas that they would support, and that he isn’t committed to the green cards for DACA idea. He’s trying to “find where the market is” on immigration reform.
The source said Kushner has been trying to “figure out what bigger immigration reform looks like.”
“You need to have some idea of where you’re going…That doesn’t mean in this current context you can go bigger…because it’s not well defined what people want.”
But a third source derided the DACA green card idea as “insanity”. And that’s likely how many other White House advisors and Republican lawmakers would see it too.
Of course he is…f*cking jew bastard! I’ve got an idea! How about sending a few million taco benders to israhell to mow lawns, wash dishes, clog the emergency rooms and suck up all the free stuff.