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Trump Proposal on Dreamers Nothing But 'Red Meat for Xenophobic Extremists'

Anti-immigrant hardliner Stephen Miller, a Trump senior adviser for policy, pictured at the White House, January 30, 2017. (Photo: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Trump Proposal on Dreamers Nothing But 'Red Meat for Xenophobic Extremists'

"Congress should reject this warped, anti-immigrant policy wish list," says Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Tex.), vice chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus

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"These aren't principles. This is red meat for xenophobic extremists."

So stated the National Immigration Law Center (NLIC) on Sunday evening after the White House issued a list of hardline policies it wants in exchange for making the Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program--known legislatively as the Dream Act--permanent.

"When you make an offer you know the other side simply cannot agree to, it is evidence that you don't actually want a deal." --Marielena Hincapie, NLIC

Though undocumented immigrants who receive DACA protections have consistently said they would not stand for being used as "bargaining chips" in a legislative deal between Congress and President Donald Trump. And despite public posturing that he would "compromise" with Democratic lawmakers to pass a bipartisan solution, Trump's demands laid out Sunday night--including funding for a border wall, expanded detention policies, and increased restrictions on child refugees trying to seek asylum in the U.S.--make it clear the administration is interested only in riling up the Republican Party's anti-immigrant base.

Many saw Stephen Miller, a senior policy adviser to Trump and a staunch anti-immigrant xenophobe, as the chief architect of the proposal.

Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Tex.), vice chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, said that "Congress should reject this warped, anti-immigrant policy wish list. The White House wants to use dreamers as bargaining chips to achieve the administration's deportation and detention goals."

In a series of eleven tweets, the NLIC's executive director Marielena Hincapie explained everything wrong with the White House proposal:

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"These aren't principles. This is red meat for xenophobic extremists."

So stated the National Immigration Law Center (NLIC) on Sunday evening after the White House issued a list of hardline policies it wants in exchange for making the Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program--known legislatively as the Dream Act--permanent.

"When you make an offer you know the other side simply cannot agree to, it is evidence that you don't actually want a deal." --Marielena Hincapie, NLIC

Though undocumented immigrants who receive DACA protections have consistently said they would not stand for being used as "bargaining chips" in a legislative deal between Congress and President Donald Trump. And despite public posturing that he would "compromise" with Democratic lawmakers to pass a bipartisan solution, Trump's demands laid out Sunday night--including funding for a border wall, expanded detention policies, and increased restrictions on child refugees trying to seek asylum in the U.S.--make it clear the administration is interested only in riling up the Republican Party's anti-immigrant base.

Many saw Stephen Miller, a senior policy adviser to Trump and a staunch anti-immigrant xenophobe, as the chief architect of the proposal.

Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Tex.), vice chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, said that "Congress should reject this warped, anti-immigrant policy wish list. The White House wants to use dreamers as bargaining chips to achieve the administration's deportation and detention goals."

In a series of eleven tweets, the NLIC's executive director Marielena Hincapie explained everything wrong with the White House proposal:

"These aren't principles. This is red meat for xenophobic extremists."

So stated the National Immigration Law Center (NLIC) on Sunday evening after the White House issued a list of hardline policies it wants in exchange for making the Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program--known legislatively as the Dream Act--permanent.

"When you make an offer you know the other side simply cannot agree to, it is evidence that you don't actually want a deal." --Marielena Hincapie, NLIC

Though undocumented immigrants who receive DACA protections have consistently said they would not stand for being used as "bargaining chips" in a legislative deal between Congress and President Donald Trump. And despite public posturing that he would "compromise" with Democratic lawmakers to pass a bipartisan solution, Trump's demands laid out Sunday night--including funding for a border wall, expanded detention policies, and increased restrictions on child refugees trying to seek asylum in the U.S.--make it clear the administration is interested only in riling up the Republican Party's anti-immigrant base.

Many saw Stephen Miller, a senior policy adviser to Trump and a staunch anti-immigrant xenophobe, as the chief architect of the proposal.

Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Tex.), vice chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, said that "Congress should reject this warped, anti-immigrant policy wish list. The White House wants to use dreamers as bargaining chips to achieve the administration's deportation and detention goals."

In a series of eleven tweets, the NLIC's executive director Marielena Hincapie explained everything wrong with the White House proposal:

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