Dems Divided On When To Fight Over Fate Of Young Immigrants

By ANDREW TAYLOR, Associated Press, San Francisco Chronicle: Politics
Tue, 12/12/2017 - 2:06am

WASHINGTON (AP) — For Illinois Rep. Luis Gutierrez, a passionate, liberal Democrat of Puerto Rican descent, there is no more important issue in the year-end budget showdown than protecting from deportation hundreds of thousands of immigrants who came to the U.S. illegally as children — and who have only known America as their home. The fate of these "Dreamers," as they are commonly known, is one of the trickiest issues to resolve as the White House and Congress seek to avert a Christmas government shutdown that nobody says they want.

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