Compromise

Even the Washington Post beeves that Nancy Pelosi should come to the table ad talk with Trump about the shutdown/immigration policy.

Unquestionably a deal would contain galling elements for both sides; that’s the nature of compromise. But a measure of statesmanship for a member of Congress now is the ability to accept some disappointments, and shrug off the inevitable attacks from purists, if it means rescuing the lives of thousands of deserving people. 

 The bolding is not mine, it's the Post's.  Indeed, statesmanship requires compromise, and Pelosi is not going to get everything she wants.  But, here is the problem.  We've been trying to get immigration settled for many decades, and the argument keeps shifting.  Even Pelosi has said that she doesn't want any more illegals in the country.

The only leverage that President Trump has now is the shutdown.    If the President re-opens the government, the Democrats will retreat into their untenable positions and the immigration debate will never move forward.  It's time to work this out.  There may be items that we don't like, but that is the nature of compromise.