In tweets and speeches, President Trump is attacking Democrats over the collapse of immigration talks in Congress, a preemptive bid to shift blame for the high-profile failure in a midterm election year. “We’re ready, willing and able,” Trump declared in a speech to conservative Latino business leaders Wednesday. Democrats expressed confidence, though, that they can win the political blame game against a president who has championed an anti-immigration agenda. But immigration politics have proved treacherous for both parties as successive administrations have tried and failed to pass meaningful immigration reform over the past two decades. It ended after three days when Senate Democrats agreed to reopen federal agencies in exchange for more funding for domestic programs — but no immigration deal.

Source: Washington Post March 07, 2018 22:41 UTC