The Supreme Court decision not to interfere in the ongoing legal feud between President Trump and Dreamers puts pressure on Congress.
The decision means that the Dreamers would be under less pressure about leaving the Country for now.
Democrats had been pushing for an immigration bill that would allow them to stay. They had used the spending bill as the platform to make this possible. Some may have considered the move holding the Government to ransom.
The bill however failed to get the necessary votes needed to be implemented into law. Democrats continued to draft a bill with the hope of getting Congress to support it.
Bill Push
Sen. Lindsey Graham talked about a temporary bill for a few years until something more feasible could be presented.
“That’s probably the most likely thing, when we write the funding of the Government bill we’ll extend DACA legislatively, making it legal for a year or two and kind of punting it,” Graham told reporters.
Graham mentioned three options, hopeful that one of them could be the turnaround needed. He hoped that the border wall funding would be enough or that Congress would do nothing.
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito shared her opinions on radio station WRNR of West Virginia.
“I have a feeling what we may see on this is … a DACA fix and some border security, a much smaller package, that will be attached to the March 22 spending bill. If I was guessing what was going to happen, I think that’s what may happen,” she said.
