Trump Claims Plan to End Longest Government Shutdown in History

• 01.20.2019, 13:23
•  America,  World

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As the partial government shutdown neared a month, President Donald Trump used a White House speech Saturday to outline what he called “a common-sense compromise both parties can embrace” that included protections for some undocumented immigrants and money for border security USA Today reports.

“Both sides in Washington must simply come together,” Trump said in a White House speech, saying he is trying to “break the logjam." Defending his plan, he said, "walls are not immoral, in fact they are the opposite of immoral because they will save many lives."

Congressional Democrats, however, said the offer as outlined would not lead to a deal that would end the shutdown, in part because it would allow Trump to pursue an expensive and ineffective wall.