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Trump defends immigration demands while criticizing Dems on border security

By POLITICO STAFF

President Donald Trump defended his hardline immigration demands Tuesday morning while criticizing Democrats for being soft on border security, saying Democrats “don’t care about safety for the U.S.A.”

“The problem with agreeing to a policy on immigration is that the Democrats don't want secure borders, they don't care about safety for U.S.A.” Trump tweeted Tuesday morning.

On Sunday, Trump laid out his immigration policy goals that include funding a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border and cracking down on sanctuary cities, among other things. Trump stated that the demands will be part of any deal to help young, undocumented immigrants.

However, those demands will surely complicate the effort to deal with Democrats to help so-called "Dreamers," undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children. On Monday, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi called the immigration demands from Trump a “non-starter.”

Last month, Trump and congressional Democrats reached a tentative deal to provide a pathway to citizenship to Dreamers, but there were conflicting messages about how secure that deal is.

Work permits for DACA recipients will start expiring in March.