GOP officials unhappy with Kushner's responses at immigration meeting: report

Republican officials were left dissatisfied with the responses of Jared KushnerJared Corey KushnerWarner says the Russian Senate's report will be "more comprehensive" than Mueller's on interference efforts Assignments to appear before a Senate committee Donald Trump Jr. Hill & Morning's report to some of their questions regarding the White House's immigration plan, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday.

Republican senators publicly applauded the government's proposal to turn the immigration system into a system of highly skilled workers, but GOP officials told The Post that Kushner had no answer to some of their questions. and Stephen MillerStephen MillerL Trump administration mocks the asylum system Trump officials plan to resort to court ordered removals to expel migrant families: report Trump's immigration rule could displace Children of 55,000 people in social housing: HUD MORE, an immigration hawk and another senior counselor, had to intervene sometimes.

"He's in his own little world," a source close to the discussion at the meeting told The Post. "He did not give a lot of details about what was going on in [his plan]. . . . And there have been a number of cases where people had to step in and answer questions because he could not do it. "

A senior White House official challenged the characterization of Republican officials, saying Kushner, Miller and senior economic adviser Kevin Hassett had jointly tabled the plan as a team.

"This is a detailed proposal to unify the Republicans," said the official at The Post. "It gives us a much stronger position to then discuss other things."

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Hill.

An ally of Kushner later criticized the Post 's story as "nonsense" and one of the article' s authors said that a senior official of the newspaper said "the nonsense". administration said the report had "some kind of your bastard".

It does not make sense. Jared had gathered the entire team to show Republican senators that the PM was unified on the proposal. It has been a complete team effort. https://t.co/BOLQckDEjh

– Avi Berkowitz (@AviBerkow) May 14, 2019

During Tuesday's meeting, Kushner would have confused the Republican senators by claiming that his plan would not address any legal status for 11 million DREAMers, which would be needed to attract Democrat support.

"I am concerned about the fate of DACA youth and they can not be excluded from any immigration program," Sen said. Susan CollinsSusan Margaret Collins: This week the House will vote on a bill banning LGBTQ discrimination "Saturday Night Live" questioning what it would take Republicans to turn against Trump. Morning's Hill's Report – Trump Intensifies Trade War with China as Negotiations Continue (R-Maine) said.

Kushner also left senators wondering what he meant when he said the plan would prioritize the unification of immigrant families, including mothers and children. He also reportedly failed in his response when asked how his proposal would deal with undocumented immigrants already in the United States.

Kushner said at the meeting that his proposal would create a merit-based immigration system and that immigrants should pass a civic test before entering the country, adding that the president will soon deliver a speech on the subject.