In the debate over what to do with young children of illegal immigrants, the president's insistence on a border wall may be a sticking point, Newsradio 1200 WOAI reports.
President Trump reiterated his demands for a southern barrier, this week, during a white house press conference.
"It's got to include the wall. We need the wall for security. We need the wall for safety. We need the wall for stopping the drugs from pouring in," he said.
That's not sitting well with democrats, like Congressman Joaquin Castro (D-San Antonio), who told MSNBC this week that there need to be a 'clean' DACA bill, which means a bill with no controversial riders or amendments.
"We don't want to trade the lives of 800,000 people for a wall across the United States. And bear in mind also, again, that the majority of American people and the majority of people in Texas, for example, did not support President Trump's border wall," Castro said.
On the campaign trail, President Trump talked about a continuous border wall, stretching from coast to coast. There are even concrete wall prototypes, including one from a Texas company, being tested in San Diego.
But now there are signs that the President is softening his stance. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) says that, during a bipartisan DACA meeting this week, the president spoke more about a multi-faceted approach to security.
"He pointed to the Secure Fence Act of 2006, and he said that is the type of thing that he's talking about and, of course, that's called a fence and not a wall," he told Newsradio 1200 WOAI.
He says the president made the point that the barrier needs to be something the Border Patrol can see through.The Secure Fence Act talked about a combination of fencing and technology, similar to what Texas Congressman Will Hurd has proposed in a bipartisan House bill, which is currently being debated.