Senate Democrats Dump DREAMers, Agree to Long-Term Budget Talks Without Immigration Promise | Eastern NC Now

    Publisher's note: This informational nugget was sent to me by Ben Shapiro, who represents the Daily Wire, and since this is one of the most topical news events, it should be published on BCN.

The article was written by Emily Zanotti.

    Senate Democrats now say that they will not seek any compromise involving the DACA or DREAM Acts in return for a long-term spending bill, codifying an agreement made Monday to end a government shutdown - and officially abandoning progressive activists.

    This time, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) was the bearer of bad news and not Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), who is being actively protested for caving in to President Donald Trump's demands after three pointless days of a federal government shutdown.

    "We're viewing [immigration and spending] on separate terms because they are on separate paths," Durbin said, according to Politico.

    This likely means that Democrats will seek a compromise on a long-term spending solution, ending the endless parade of continuing resolutions in favor of a budget. But it also means that Democrats are giving in to Republican demands, sitting down to the bargaining table without seeking any ironclad timeline for immigration reform, leaving DACA recipients and DREAMers in the lurch, even as the March deadline looms large.

    That's a far cry from the Democratic line during all of November and December, that no spending bill would ever pass a house of Congress without action on immigration.

    The deal spells trouble mostly for American taxpayers, though: a long-term spending deal will likely cost more than $250 billion, and when Democrats and Republicans get together on a bipartisan spending agreement, the cost can go even higher as each party jockeys to fund their preferred entitlement programs.

    Now, progressive and immigration activists have only one hope left: House Democrats, who want a compromise on immigration more than their Senate colleagues because all of their seats are on the line in 2018, and progressive activists, have pledged to dog Democratic candidates on how they plan to oppose the Trump agenda.