Dems must cave on wall for DACA fix, Trump tweets

President Trump demanded Friday that Democrats approve a wall along the border with Mexico and other programs to tighten immigration before he supports a program designed to protect young people brought into the country illegally as children — all while promoting his agenda and attacking political critics on Twitter.

“The Democrats have been told, and fully understand, that there can be no DACA without the desperately needed WALL at the Southern Border and an END to the horrible Chain Migration & ridiculous Lottery System of Immigration etc. We must protect our Country at all cost!” Trump said during a wide- ranging tweetstorm.

DACA refers to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which protected hundreds of thousands of young people brought into the country illegally by their parents — a program Trump has vowed to end after March 1 unless Congress approves new border enforcement actions.

Democrats say ending DACA will lead to deportations of productive young people. They also say Trump’s proposed wall along the U. S.- Mexico border will do nothing to stop illegal immigration, while programs targeted by Trump are tightly scrutinized to weed out criminals and terrorism suspects.

The president also defended his time in office by retweeting tributes to his accomplishments and complaining about news coverage.