An immigration deal is a privilege offered by Trump, not a right for Democrats to nullify federal law

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After Border Patrol agents killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti during a physical altercation on the streets of Minneapolis last weekend, Donald Trump has understood the backlash among Democrats as cause enough for concern that the president has beckoned his political opposition to the negotiating table. In a span of one week, Trump has recalled Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and her chief consigliere Corey Lewandowski from overseeing Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota; demoted the pair’s preferred “commander at large,” Border Patrol Chief