Trump: Schumer and Pelosi will be forced to do ‘real deal’ on immigration

President Trump said Thursday that Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will eventually “be forced to do a real deal” on immigration.

“The Border has been a big mess and problem for many years. At some point Schumer and Pelosi, who are weak on Crime and Border security, will be forced to do a real deal, so easy, that solves this long time problem,” the president wrote on Twitter.

“Schumer used to want Border security – now he’ll take Crime!”

The Border has been a big mess and problem for many years. At some point Schumer and Pelosi, who are weak on Crime and Border security, will be forced to do a real deal, so easy, that solves this long time problem. Schumer used to want Border security – now he’ll take Crime!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 21, 2018

{mosads}Trump’s comments come amid both the immigration debate within Congress and the fallout over his administration’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy, which caused the separations of children from their families at the border.

The president on Wednesday signed an executive order permitting families to remain together.

The House is slated to vote Thursday on two pieces of immigration legislation.

Senate Republicans this week expressed support for a bill that would end the family separations before Trump signed his executive order.

Updated at 8:55 a.m.