White House says DACA protections too divisive to be included in Trump immigration plan

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Thursday that President Trump’s new immigration plan does not address the fate of young undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children because the issue is too divisive.

Providing protections from deportations for such young immigrants, known as “dreamers,” has been a leading priority for Democrats ever since Trump sought to end the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

“Every single time we have put forward or anyone else has put forward any type of immigration plan and...