President Trump releases a broad plan to reform border security and legal immigration. But it faces an uphill battle even among the GOP's own ranks.
Yet even as Trump cast the measure as a consensus plan that would finally solve one of Washington's most intractable challenges, there were signs the proposal faces an uphill battle for consensus even among the Republican Party's own ranks. And Democrats are all but certain to oppose it, deeming its reforms drastic and inhumane.
After years of waiting, Trump's immigration plan released, omits important issues 04:32Just before the White House unveiled its immigration proposal, the mood on Capitol Hill was largely one of shrugs.The proposal, which many lawmakers are quick to describe as well-intentioned, isn't expected to provide the immigration breakthrough that has eluded lawmakers for the entirety of Trump's presidency, and Obama's before that."I don't see that the will is there to do it.
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