President Donald Trump floated a deal on immigration that would cover long-term immigrants, according to Fox News, but Senate Republicans drew a hard line in response, insisting that amnesty is "completely off the table."
The New York Times reported, in an article by Zolan Kanno-Youngs, that Trump hinted at an immigration agreement and then reversed course. The paper's headline describes this as a pattern the president has followed before. According to The New York Times, Democrats and some Republicans say Trump is "missing an opportunity" to find consensus on an issue that has bedeviled past administrations.
The two reports differ in emphasis. Fox News presents the episode as an opening for a deal with one condition set by Republicans. The New York Times presents it as a hint that was withdrawn. Only The New York Times describes the issue as one that has troubled earlier administrations.
The available summaries do not say when Trump made the remarks or when he reversed them. They also do not spell out the terms of the proposed arrangement beyond its application to long-term immigrants, and they do not say how many people it would affect.
The sources also describe different groups of Republicans. According to Fox News, the hard line came from Senate Republicans. According to The New York Times, the criticism of Trump's reversal came from Democrats and some Republicans. The summaries do not indicate whether those two groups overlap.
Neither summary says whether a formal proposal has been presented to lawmakers. Both reports center on Trump's public statements and the responses to them, and the sources available for this story do not add further detail.
Sources: The New York Times: Trump Hints at Immigration Deal, Then Reverses. He’s Done That Before.; Fox News: Trump opens door to immigration deal, but Republicans have one condition.