AMNESTY WATCH: Mark Meadows Draws Line in Sand: No DACA Amnesty in Spending Bill

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Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC), chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, on Tuesday said there should be no Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) amnesty deal contained within the government funding bill coming up in January.

The important move by Meadows aims to take government shutdown leverage away from Democrats in the upcoming DACA battles — something that President Donald Trump alluded to on Tuesday morning on Twitter when he bashed Democrats for not being serious about DACA solutions.

Democrats are doing nothing for DACA - just interested in politics. DACA activists and Hispanics will go hard against Dems, will start “falling in love” with Republicans and their President! We are about RESULTS.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 2, 2018

Meadows, in an interview with MSNBC host Chuck Todd, said that a DACA deal is in the works and being discussed.

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