Trump: 'If There Is No Wall, There Is No DACA'

WASHINGTON, DC — President Trump laid down a firm ultimatum Wednesday morning as the debate over bipartisan immigration legislation continues. On Twitter, the president said he was against any deal on the Obama-era program that protected undocumented immigrants who came to the country as children, known as DACA, if the agreement doesn't also including funding for a U.S.-Mexico border wall.

"Cryin’ Chuck Schumer fully understands, especially after his humiliating defeat, that if there is no Wall, there is no DACA," Trump wrote. "We must have safety and security, together with a strong Military, for our great people!"

His comments came in response to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's declaration Tuesday that the "wall offer's off the table."

At the White House press briefing Wednesday, Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said the administration would put forward its proposal for an immigration deal on Monday.

She said it “represents a compromise that members of both parties can support.” She would not go into further detail.

"If I told you now it would kind of take away the fun for Monday," Sanders said to reporters.

Last Friday, the government shut down after Democrats and Republicans found themselves at loggerheads over whether a funding bill would include a policy solution for DACA recipients. The Senate passed a bill Monday to reopen the government with a majority of the chamber's Democrats in support. The agreement to fund the government, however, was contingent on a promise from Majority Leader Mitch McConnell that he would bring a bill addressing DACA to the Senate floor by Feb. 8.

The agreement only funded the government for another three weeks, though, meaning lawmakers may once again find themselves in another shutdown fight.

Trump began to wind DACA down in September, arguing that it was illegal. However, he pledged that Congress would find a solution for the people covered under the programs, sometimes called "Dreamers," or he would revisit the issue.

Ahead of the shutdown, he rejected a compromise by three Democratic and three Republican senators to restore those protections, a deal that included money to begin building the wall and other security steps. Trump's rejection angered the bargainers, and partisan feelings worsened after participants in a White House meeting last week said Trump had referred to African nations as "s---holes." After this comment became public, talks on immigration policy broke down.

Prior to this meaning, Trump had suggested he was open to a range of policies on immigration. In a bipartisan policy discussion broadcast live on TV, Trump said he would sign any bill that came to his desk.

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