The White House is pushing changing to a merit-based immigration program, as the political impasse remains unchanged over continued funding for the U.S. government versus key policies concerning immigrants.
The Democrats want a deal on DACA - the young people brought to the U.S. by their parents but without proper documentation and they feel it must be tied to the funding proposals.
The negotiations have been complicated by the president's use of crass and vulgar language.
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders insists a merit-based system doesn't discriminate.
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White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders blamed the lack of progress toward a political compromise on the press' obsession with whether Donald Trump used inappropriate language.
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