(Politico)
By ELIANA JOHNSON and BURGESS EVERETT 01/19/2019 12:23 PM
President Donald Trump is expected to propose a broad immigration compromise intended to force Democrats back to the negotiating table, an attempt to break a shutdown stalemate that entered its fifth week on Saturday.
Details of Trump's proposal will come in remarks at 4 p.m. from the White House’s Diplomatic Reception Room. They’re likely to include increased protection for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients and an extension of Temporary Protected Status for the refugees who hold it, though sources cautioned that the details have yet to be finalized and could change at the last minute.
The president declined to offer details of his plan while speaking to reporters Saturday morning. He continued to play up the threat posed by caravans of migrants from Central America — “If we had a wall, we wouldn’t have a problem” — and then, moments later, said the building of the wall on the U.S.-Mexico border is well underway.
“I think we’re making a lot of progress,” Trump said. “You know, we’re building wall as we speak. Nobody covers that. And I understand that. But we’re building wall as we speak. We’re going to continue.”