Trump signals openness to immigration deal with Democrats

President Donald Trump has signaled he is open to working with Democrats on immigration, saying enforcement may have been too aggressive and suggesting some long-term, noncriminal immigrants who work in the U.S. could receive legal status. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said he would consider a bipartisan proposal giving DACA recipients a path to permanent legal status, but emphatically rejected amnesty. Mullin said Democrats have contacted him about cooperation and Trump wants to begin discussions, while adding that they have not discussed specific policy changes and that the administration’s law-enforcement approach will not change. Trump’s remarks have drawn criticism from immigration hard-liners, while the scope and terms of any potential agreement remain unclear.