Trump: ’It’s very possible DACA won't happen'

President Trump on Friday slammed Democrats over the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

“The Senate Democrats and the House Democrats have totally abandoned DACA,” Trump said during his address at the Conservative Political Action Conference. “We get the reputation — like DACA, it’s not Republican. Well, let me tell you, it is Republican because we want to do something about DACA, get it solved after all these years.”

“The Democrats are being totally unresponsive. They don’t want to do anything about DACA,” Trump added. “It’s very possible that DACA won’t happen, and it’s not because of the Republicans. It’s going to be because of the Democrats.”

The president has also posted many tweets on the topic.

“Republicans want to fix DACA far more than the Democrats do. The Dems had all three branches of government back in 2008-2011, and they decided not to do anything about DACA. They only want to use it as a campaign issue,” Trump tweeted on February 10.

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On the other hand, Democrats like Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer have criticized Trump for his negotiating tactics.

“Negotiating with President Trump is like negotiating with Jell-O,” Schumer said during the government shutdown in January. “It’s impossible to negotiate with a constantly moving target.”

Trump announced in September that he would be ending the DACA program and gave lawmakers until March 5 to come up with a legislative solution for ‘Dreamers,’ undocumented immigrants brought into the U.S. as children.

However, NPR notes, “with ongoing court battles over the program, DACA will almost certainly stay in place beyond March 5. Two separate federal courts have blocked the president from ending the program.”

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