White House Corrects Transcript of Key Exchange During President Trumps Immigration Meeting
The White House sent out a correction Wednesday to a transcript of President Donald Trump's meeting with members of Congress in which he explicitly agreed to a Democratic proposal to fix Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival program DACA before tackling immigration reform. The White House said the omission was an innocent mistake, and explained that the stenographer's office prepares the transcripts. "Transcripts of the President are released as prepared by career employees in the White House stenographer's office. The press office does not tamper with official transcripts, and corrects errors as needed," said Deputy White House Press Secretary Raj Shah. In the corrected version, which the White House sent out Wednesday morningnearly 24 hours after the meeting took placeSen. Dianne Feinstein asked Trump about the possibility of passing a legislative solution for DACA before turning to immigration reform, which would include issues like tougher border security. Trump responded, "I would like  I would like to do that. Go ahead. I think a lot of people would like to see that, but I think we have to do DACA first. ", In the initial version, which the White House released on Tuesday, that comment from Trump was omitted. Instead, the quote read, "I think a lot of people would like to see that, but I think we have to do DACA first.", DACA allows some 100,000 undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children to stay in the country without fear of deportation. The exchange seemed to alarm Republican House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, who said, "Mr. President, you need to be clear though We have to have security, as the Secretary would tell you.", Read the full exchange below