Washington • President Donald Trump surprised congressional leaders when he suddenly suggested he was open to broad immigration reform. But while there is appetite on Capitol Hill for legislation, there is also the president's hard-line rhetoric over the past two years could make a compromise bill much harder.
Trump signaled a potential shift in a private meeting Tuesday with news anchors. The president told them he was open to legislation that would give legal status to some people living in the U.S. illegally and provide a pathway to citizenship to those brought to the U.S. illegally as children.