President Trump speaks while participating in a tour of U.S.-Mexico border wall prototypes near the Otay Mesa Port of Entry in San Diego on March 13. On Wednesday, Trump lost his best chance yet to secure funding for that promise and he won’t get another one for a long time. “We have dreamers that need to be taken care of,” said Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), who argued the administration should have made a concession on DACA in exchange for more border wall funding. Democratic leadership countered with a plan to pair the $25 billion in border wall cash and a pathway to citizenship for a broader dreamer population of about 1.8 million immigrants. Trump’s allies on Capitol Hill were sympathetic to the president’s irritation, particularly because he had campaigned for the border wall so vigorously as a presidential candidate.

Source: Washington Post March 22, 2018 10:04 UTC