Washington (CNN) A Republican lawmaker on Tuesday joined congressional Democrats in saying he won't support government funding at the end of the year without a resolution for young undocumented immigrants, adding heat to already tense negotiations. Florida Rep. Carlos Curbelo has long been pushing for a permanent version of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that President Donald Trump has decided to end, but Tuesday was the first time he committed to withhold a vote for funding in search of a deal. Curbelo had stopped short of the threat just before leaving for Thanksgiving recess. Tuesday's move puts him in the same camp as a growing number of Democrats, who have said they would not support any funding bill without a solution on DACA, which protects young undocumented immigrants who came to the US as children from deportation. Trump ended the program, which protects nearly 700,000 people, in September but allowed a window for permit renewals to give Congress time to act.

Source: CNN November 28, 2017 17:37 UTC