WHITE HOUSE: ‘Flake-Graham-Durbin’ Agreement on Immigration ‘Dead on Arrival.’

“In short, it’s totally unacceptable to the president and should be declared dead on arrival,” she said.

She also said Trump has consistently called for these principles in immigration reform.

“The president has been extraordinarily consistent on immigration and what his priorities are,” [White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders] said. “His views are shared by the vast majority of the American people and have bipartisan support in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.”

Polling shows Americans want a DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) deal that does not increase legal immigration or continue the practices of chain migration and the visa lottery system.

A January 2018 Harvard-Harris poll found 81 percent of respondents want 1 million or fewer total immigrants allowed into the U.S. per year, which is fewer than 2015’s total of 1.38 million.

Trump rescinded President Barack Obama’s DACA executive order in September and gave Congress six months to find a legal solution.

McConnell should bring it to the floor anyway, and see if Schumer is willing to go to the shutdown mattresses again over losing a legitimate Senate vote, or even over a perfectly kosher presidential veto.