DACA Negotiations

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/23/senate-trump-immigration-talks-hit-wall-362981


 
     The article talks about how senator Schumer retracted his $25 million dollar offer for the wall that Trump wants to build. It mainly focuses on the fact that with Schumer taking his money back then that sets back the negotiations for DACA because it is one of the many immigration issues that is being addressed at the moment. They seem to relate to the wall all of the time that immigration comes up and they talk about border security to not let any more people come into the country. Congress cannot come to an accord on what they wanna keep or what they want to get rid and it continues to be a problem even after the 3 day government shutdown. They have until February 8 to come to an agreement and avoid another shutdown. The date of DACA ending is still March 5th and they don’t intend on changing it as of late.

I-9 Violations

http://money.cnn.com/2018/01/15/news/economy/ice-immigration-work-site-crackdown/index.html

An I-9 form is used to verify the identity and the employment authorization of an individual that is going to be hired for employment in the United States. Employees and employers must fill out the form and the employee has to prove that he is able to work in the United States. Trump is talking about doing more I-9 inspections at different business places in order to crack down on employees and employers. The Obama administration mainly focused on people who committed crimes while the Trump administration is focusing on all sorts of immigration. It talks about how if employers violate the I-9 then that means that they could get fined a certain amount of money ranging from $600 to $22,000. It is shown that in the year 2017 the fines that ICE got from businesses was the highest one that they have had. It is said that staffing agencies are the highest targets for ICE because they always get people looking for jobs that get fake papers. It is disappointing that people come here looking for a better tomorrow and instead they come here and get treated horribly.

Trump and His Bipartisan Deal

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-immigration/trump-calls-for-two-step-process-on-immigration-pushes-bipartisan-deal-idUSKBN1EY149

The White House held a meeting in order to discuss the current situation of the people who will be affected by DACA ending in March. The meeting was attended by the President and other law makers of both the Republican and Democratic parties whose goal is to come to some sort of deal. Trump wants to handle immigration with a two step program. First, he wants the wall to be built and then he wants to grant a sort of pathway for 11 million people to gain their citizenship. He believes that with the wall the United States will have more security. After the meeting the lawmakers that attended agreed to meet again and to discuss the possibilities of a visa lottery program for Dreamers and a "chain reaction" which then gives visas to the family members of the people winning the visas in the lottery. The article also discussed the issues of Trump is going to end the protection of 200,000 Salvadorians who live in the United States Legally under the Temporary Protection Status Program. It also talks about Trump maybe ending the visa lottery program and adding more funding to the TPS (Temporary Protection Status) as a negotiation with the Democratic Party.