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.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=92005