White House Pulling Back on E-Verify to Get Democratic Votes

Mandatory E-Verify and other interior enforcement provisions deliberately were left out of the White House immigration framework as a concession to garner Democratic votes, White House officials say.

These, along with allowing a pathway to citizenship for 1.8 million young, undocumented immigrants, were “dramatic concessions” the president made to get a deal done that would include other items from his immigration wish list, officials said during a Feb. 14 press call.

Those include funding for a border wall and other border security measures, limits on family-based immigration, and an end to the diversity visa lottery.

Legislation that would make the ...