President Trump will meet on Tuesday with House Republicans to discuss a GOP bill shielding young, undocumented immigrants from deportation, according to a GOP source.
The meeting will happen days before the House is expected to vote on a pair of bills addressing immigration, including a compromise bill between conservatives and centrists.
The news that Trump planned to meet with House Republicans ahead of the vote came after he said in a Friday interview with Fox News that he would not sign the compromise proposal.
The comments resulted in chaos on Capitol Hill, prompting the White House to later walk back that statement. A White House official said the president had misunderstood a question about the measures and that he intended to support both bills.
In a tweet on Friday, Trump insisted that any immigration bill must provide funding for his long-promised wall along the U.S.-Mexico border and must implement what he has deemed "merit-based immigration."
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04.19.2024