After bitter Oval Office meeting, immigration deal falls through

DEATH NOTICES Kathryn Ray Fuller,

86, of Rome, died Jan. 8, 2018. Good Shepherd Funeral Home has charge of the arrangements.

Fernando Guzman Ambriz,

18, of Rome, died Jan. 7, 2018. Good Shepherd Funeral Home has charge of the arrangements.

Donna Marie Cannon Miller,

54, of Rome, died Jan. 11, 2018. Henderson & Sons Funeral Home, North Chapel and Crematory, makes the announcement for the family.

Diana Eaton Shadday,

79, of Rome, died Jan. 9, 2018. Daniel’s Funeral Home has charge of the arrangements. NORTH CHAPEL

Donna Marie Cannon Miller

Mrs. Donna Marie Cannon Miller, age 54, of Rome, passed away peacefully on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018, at her home with her husband Ricky by her side.

In accordance with Mrs. Miller’s wishes, she will be cremated and there will be no services.

Henderson & Sons Funeral Home, North Chapel, makes this announcement for the family. countless other friends.

A Celebration of Fernando’s life and legacy will be conducted at 4 p.m. Friday, Jan. 15, 2018 at the West Rome Baptist Church. Everyone is asked to wear red and black. In lieu of flowers, please support Fernando’s wish to help other students who face the challenges he did by making contributions to Fernando’s Warrior Award, in care of Coosa High School, 4454 Alabama Highway, Rome GA 30165. Fernando established this scholarship and personally selected the first two recipients. It is awarded to a Coosa High School senior “who overcame challenges with a smile on their face” to advance their education.

Parnick Jennings Sr.’s Good Shepherd Funeral Home is serving the family of Fernando Guzman Ambriz.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump made a profane remark Thursday about immigrants after senators discussed revamping rules affecting entrants from Africa and Haiti, according to three people briefed on the conversation.

Trump made the remark in the Oval Office as two lawmakers described details to him of a bipartisan compromise among six senators that would extend protections against deportation for hundreds of thousands of young immigrants and strengthen border protections.

The senators had hoped Trump would back their accord, ending a monthslong, bitter dispute over protecting “Dreamers.” But the White House later rejected their proposed agreement, plunging the issue back into uncertainty just eight days before a deadline that threatens a government shutdown.

During their conversation, Dick Durbin of Illinois, the chamber’s No. 2 Senate Democratic leader, was explaining that as part of that deal, a lottery for visas that has benefited people from Africa and other nations would be ended, the sources said, though there could be some other way for them to apply. Durbin said people would be allowed to stay in the U.S. who fled here after disasters hit their homes in places including El Salvador, Guatemala and Haiti.

Trump used the profane remark when he specifically questioned why the U.S. would want to admit more people from countries like Haiti and African nations, the sources said.

The president suggested that instead, the U.S. should allow more entrants from countries like Norway. Trump met this week with Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg.

Asked about the remarks, White House spokesman Raj Shah did not deny them.