Trump proposes deal to end shutdown that includes DACA relief

January 19, 2019 - 2:41 pm


Details of the proposal: 

-$5.7 billion for border barrier

-$800 million in urgent humanitarian assistance

-$805 million for drug detection technology to help secure ports of entry

-Additional 2,750 border agents and law enforcement professionals

-75 new immigration judge teams to reduce court backlog of almost 900,000 cases

-Critical measures to protect migrant children from exploitation and abuse with a new system for minors to apply for asylum in their home countries

-3 years of legislative relief for 700,000 DACA recipients

-3-year extension of temporary protected status (TPS)

Trump declared in a statement from the White House that he was "here today to break the logjam and provide Congress with a path forward to end the government shutdown and solve the crisis on the southern border."



Trump listed a series of White House immigration funding demands, including $5.7 billion for the wall he argues is needed on humanitarian and security grounds. He said it would not be a concrete structure "from sea to shining sea," but rather "steel barriers in high-priority locations."


