Washington — US President Donald Trump and Democratic leaders in the US congress have agreed to work together on legislation to protect Dreamers, the illegal immigrants who were children when they entered the US, legislators said on Wednesday, although a dispute erupted over exactly what had been agreed. Following a dinner with Trump at the White House, senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and house of representatives Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi said the "productive meeting" focused on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), a programme established by former president Barack Obama. "We agreed to enshrine the protections of DACA into law quickly, and to work out a package of border security, excluding the wall, that’s acceptable to both sides," Schumer and Pelosi said in a statement. All year, Democrats have insisted they will block any legislation that contains funding for a wall along the length of the US border with Mexico, a top Trump campaign goal that many Repub...
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