It’s a reasonable offer as negotiations go, but why put DACA on the table at all when the majority of supporters of his immigration plan don’t support that?
He's hinted as much previously. Just not openly supporting the idea. I mean, how could anyone deport someone who
1. Has never known any life but here in the U.S.
2. May very likely know NO ONE in their former country.
3. May ONLY speak English.
So I get that he might show some sympathy. I think he meant it in earnest, and if they had sense
they'd consider a counter-offer, as in, make it permanent and we have a deal. You can't have a compromise
without losing something you want or conceding something you don't want to concede.
Frankly, I was totally surprised that they dismissed it entirely. From the left's point of view, the entire
issue is pointless, since they think they will win all of their points eventually, either in the House or in
court. They oddly see NO problem at the border - no problem with sanctuary cities, illegal immigration
and with it, the security failures along with it. So to them, all of it is a made up problem.
Even during the campaign - Trump said that the problem has just gone on long enough, and no one
wants to fix it. He's planning to fix it once and for all.