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Podcast: Trump’s Immigration Reversal Risks GOP Revolt

The Week Ahead, Episode 70

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) (L) makes a point to President Donald Trump in the Oval Office. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) (L) makes a point to President Donald Trump in the Oval Office. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
By Shawn Zeller and Catalina Camia
Posted September 15, 2017 at 6:10pm

CQ immigration editor Catalina Camia explains why President Trump and Democrats are working on a deal to help 800,000 young, undocumented immigrants stay in the country, and why that angers many of Trump’s biggest Republican supporters.

 

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