Trump proposes immigration deal in exchange for wall funding in bid to end US government shutdown
2019-01-20 10:04:15 source：The Straits Times
January 20, 2019
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - US President Donald Trump proposed an immigration deal on Saturday (Jan 19) in a bid to end a 29-day partial government shutdown, after House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other leading Democrats had already said they rejected the plan.
Trump stuck to his demand that US$5.7 billion (S$7.7 billion) for this year to fund a US-Mexico border wall be part of any Bill to fully reopen the government, an ultimatum Democrats oppose.
But the president had hoped that offering new protections for some undocumented immigrants could end a month-long impasse with Congress.
Read more: