Don’s push can’t save immig bill

The House overwhelmingly opposed a GOP-penned immigration bill Wednesday.

The 301-121 vote came despite President Trump tweeting his last-minute support for the measure.

“I told them two hours ago, I said, do what you want,” Trump said during a sitdown with the president of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, at the White House. “And, ultimately, we'll come to something. And perhaps it will be after the election, maybe it will be before.”

Trump has repeatedly flip-flopped on whether he wanted his party to bring the bill up for a vote.

The bill would have financed Trump's long-sought border wall with Mexico, limited legal immigration and curbed the separation of migrant families. It also would have offered a path to citizenship for young immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children.

Trump has also stubbornly refused to back any bills that don't provide funds for his wall or scale back the country's legal immigration policies, and has attempted to cast Democrats as supporters of open borders, falsely accusing them of welcoming gangs into the U.S.

Last week, the House rejected a second, more conservative GOP immigration plan.