in the daca program. what about beyond that? there was a story last week that said an internal white house memo estimated that what the democrats want would potentially legalize 3 million d.r.e.a.m.ers. where did they get the number and what is the limit the president has on how big the population of d.r.e.a.m.ers is? i think the d.r.e.a.m. act would legalize 1.7 million. where do you draw the line? i m not going to negotiate any more with you than i would with major. this is something to work on with congress and look for the best solution for our country as long as, too, again, don t forget a big priority for this administration is making sure we address this program in its entire entirety, not just the one piece of it. you said this program accounts. there are certain people who had the protection and other d.r.e.a.m.ers didn t apply for various reasons. is the white house open to addressing a deal in this go
proportion bigger than those in just daca. we re open to negotiating that and making sure we get the criteria we clearly laid out. is the president planning on going to davos? if things go as expected with the reopening of the government, which we expect that they will, the president s delegation will leave tomorrow and the president will continue on his trip later in the week. the priorities of a daca fix, where exactly does that rank. when you talk about what needs to happen for a deal, diversity visa lottery program, the wall, ending chain migration, daca, some other components up on the hill may need to be worked in as well. the actual daca solution, how big of a priority is that for the president? we look at all those as equal parts in this process.
the president s desk. it s just the timing and formality issue. david? are we going to. [ inaudible ] does the president have faith in wilbur ross? there was a report suggesting otherwise? absolutely. i spoke with the president directly this morning. he has 100% confidence in secretary ross. he loves wilbur and he thinks he s doing a great job. strong advocate for the administration and a great leader. his involvement and trade across the board with the administration. the president was very clear back in september when he said that d.r.e.a.m.ers have nothing to worry about. is that still the case? i think we ve been pretty clear that we want to find a solution on the daca program and we re going to hope that democrats are willing to work
that s why we laid out what we called our four priorities and listed that as one of them. a daca fix is on the same level playing field as the wall? we know that s going to be part of this negotiation. we don t want to do that without the other three components. it s like having a stool with two legs. it doesn t work very well. we want to make sure we re addressing this more fully and in a responsible way so we re not just kicking the can down the road but dealing with the issue longer term. what has he deny doing behind the scenes as this drama unfolded? look, we put outlet a number of readouts, he s had several calls with members on the hill. he s met with a number of his cabinet to manage the shutdown that was a big priority for the president, making sure this was well managed and wasn t weaponized as it was in 2013 and making sure we could make the
what about beyond that? there was a story last week that said internal white house memo estimated what the democrats want would potentially legalize 3 million d.r.e.a.m.ers. when did you get that number and what the the limit how big this population of d.r.e.a.m.ers would be? the d.r.e.a.m. act would be predicted to legalize 1.7 million. where do you draw the line? i m not going to negotiate with you any more than i was going to with major. this is something we re going to work on with congress and look for the best solution for our country as long as, don t forget a big priority for this administration is making sure we address this program in its entirety, not just that one piece of it. again, there s certain people who had daca protection and other d.r.e.a.m.ers decided not a-to-apply for various reasons. is the white house open to addressing a deal for a