Senators blame White House hardliners for trying to poison immigration talks

“This has turned into a s-show.” No Images? Click here         Senators Say White House Hardliners Seek To Poison Immigration Talks​ Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) blame White House staffers for standing in the way of a deal to help undocumented people who came to the U.S. as children. “We cannot do this with people in charge at the White House who have an irrational view on how to fix immigration,” Graham told reporters Tuesday outside the Senate Judiciary Committee, where Homeland Security Secretary Kristjen Nielsen testified at a routine oversight hearing. Graham, who has become one of President Donald Trump’s best friends in the Senate after being a harsh critic during the 2016 White House race, added that he didn’t think the president was “well served by his staff” on the immigration issue. Durbin said he suspects top White House aide Stephen Miller, an immigration hardliner, was trying to tank a bipartisan compromise. “Any effort to kill immigration reform usually has Mr. Miller’s fingerprints on it,” Durbin said. The two senators are pushing for a bipartisan plan that would bring relief to so-called Dreamers, many of whom could lose deportation protections and work permits because Trump ended the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA. But they’ve been dealing with mixed signals sent by Trump. READ MORE     WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING? Briefing reporters on the results of President Donald Trump’s first presidential medical evaluation, White House doctor Ronny Jackson emphasized the president’s “excellent” health and dismissed the question on many people’s minds since the recent release of Michael Wolff’s bombshell book: Is the president mentally up to his job?  READ MORE The U.S. Justice Department said it will ask the Supreme Court to overturn a lower court ruling that blocked President Donald Trump’s move to end a program that protects hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the United States illegally as children. READ MORE Pennsylvania’s highest court could be on the verge of setting unprecedented limits on how much politicians can redraw electoral districts to their party’s advantage, a decision that would have profound legal and political consequences both in the state and the rest of the country. READ MORE    .     ICYMI Trump voters have turned on Steve Bannon. Just 1 percent say they side with the former White House chief strategist over the president.   In Texas, a transgender teenager said his high school discriminated against him for almost two years. But Donald Trump’s Department of Education did not think it could help this student.   Trump’s racist comments may actually help some immigrants stay in the U.S. Lawyers fighting the president’s policies in court love it when he speaks off the cuff.    . Want more?  Trump’s Homeland Security Chief Not Sure If Norway Is Mostly White Steve Bannon Meets Behind Closed Doors With House Panel On Russia Authorities Deport Man Who Had Lived In The U.S. For 30 Years     How will Trump’s administration impact you? Sign up for our email and find out. Did a friend send you this? Subscribe here. Like what you see? Share it. Want more? Here are two other newsletters you'll love: The Morning Email and Must Reads. ©2018 HuffPost | 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003 You are receiving this email because you signed up for updates from HuffPost Feedback | Privacy Policy | Unsubscribe    . - - Preferences  |  Unsubscribe