Peter King: If We Don’t Pass Immigration Bill, Trump Should ‘Suspend’ Separation Policy

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KING: "The president is absolutely -- feels as strongly as possible we have to pass immigration bill, basically talking about a bill which I think is the one that will pass if anyone does, which is a consensus bill that provides funding for the wall, will take care of DACA and will end chain migration and will go toward a merit-based system and it will have funding in there to allow for the families to be kept together when there is the situation rather than have the child taken from the family. The families would be kept together. My concern on all this, though is, if we passed this — and I think on the whole this is a good consensus bill — what is the Senate going to do? How long is it going to take? And during that time we will have more of the instances we've seen with the children being taken from their families. And that’s the real concern that I have now."
HEMMER: "You have an election in five months, I think it's 120 some more days on the calendar."
KING: "Right."
HEMMER: "I mean, we can all see the way Congress works, is that realistic?"
KING: "It has to be. And again, I would say if that we don’t get the legislation through, that the president suspend this current policy until we get the legislation through."