Trump tries another immigration reset ahead of 2020
by Noah Bierman and Molly O'Toole, Los Angeles Times
May 16, 2019
3 minutes
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump deployed all the trappings of a Rose Garden ceremony to pitch an incomplete and almost certainly doomed immigration plan Thursday, pushing forward even as his efforts to make progress on his other big 2020 campaign issue - trade - faced new obstacles.
A military string band played, and rows of chairs were arranged for White House staff and conservative senators.
"Today we are presenting a clear contrast with Democrats, who are proposing open borders, lower wages and frankly, lawless chaos," said Trump, who began reading
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