White House: Rubio’s Secure Border Trigger Isn’t ‘Non-Negotiable’ | Talking Points Memo

President Obama may not be the biggest fan of Sen. Marco Rubio’s (R-FL) much-promoted plan to delay a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants until the southern border is officially certified as secure, but an administration official said Thursday that the inclusion of such a “trigger” wouldn’t necessarily wreck a final deal.White House spokesman Josh Earnest gave a flat “no” to reporters on Air Force One when asked Thursday if keeping reforms detached from a trigger was “non-negotiable point,” but stopped far short of endorsing the idea.


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