Mr Trump had said he was open to brokering a deal with congressional Democrats who want to protect Daca in exchange for funding to build a US-Mexico border wall, a frequent campaign trail promise. Although Trump threatened a veto last month of an omnibus spending Bill because it did not address the fate of Dreamers and did not fully fund his border wall, he did sign the Bill. NO MORE DACA DEAL! Mr Trump and his attorney general, Jeff Sessions, have often criticised the Obama administration for routinely paroling asylum seekers. Linking the future of the 24-year-old trade deal to Mr Trump’s border wall plan has never been among US negotiating objectives.

Source: The Irish Times April 01, 2018 20:03 UTC