President Trump offers compromise to end partial government shutdown

 

On Saturday January 19th, President Trump announced that he was prepared to back a three-year extension of protections for 700,000 immigrants who came to the country illegally as children and were shielded from deportation under the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, in exchange for the $5.7 billion he has requested for a barrier on the southern border.

 

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Original Air Date: 
Saturday, January 19, 2019