President Donald Trump’s latest offer of a deal to resolve the government shutdown was an inept playing of a weak hand. Flows of undocumented migrants have dramatically slowed in recent years, and most illegal drugs are smuggled in on commercial flights, not via illegal border crossers. Permanent status for Dreamers has broad public backing and had wide bipartisan support in Congress before Trump started mucking around and demonizing immigrants. Public opinion is getting away from Trump, both on the case for the wall and on citizen weariness with the government shutdown. Several Republican senators are fed up with Trump’s shutdown antics, and the measure could fail.

Source: Huffington Post January 20, 2019 23:03 UTC