Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer Chuck SchumerPelosi orders Capitol flags at half-staff to honor Ginsburg Ginsburg in statement before her death said she wished not to be replaced until next president is sworn in Democrats call for NRA Foundation to be prohibited from receiving donations from federal employees MORE (D-N.Y.) is predicting Congress will be able to pass legislation this year to protect a key group of immigrants after Republicans ruled out including a deal in the December government funding bill.

"I am confident that there is strong bipartisan support in Congress to get the [DREAM Act] passed before the end of the year," Schumer said in a tweet on Thursday.

He added "we are going to do everything we can to get it done, no matter what the president says on one given day or another."

Schumer's comments come after President Trump and Senate Republicans agreed during a closed-door White House meeting that they would not include a fix for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in an end-of-the-year spending bill.

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The Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act, similar to DACA, would allow immigrants brought into the country illegally as children to work and go to school without the fear of deportation.

The Trump administration announced that it was phasing out DACA, setting up a deadline in early 2018 for lawmakers to pass legislation. If they don't, hundreds of thousands of immigrants will be at risk of being deported.

"This is not going to be part of the year-end omnibus or [continuing resolution]," he told reporters, referring to a short-term funding bill.

Democrats want to pass an immigration agreement this year that would pair a DACA fix with border security. They argue the end-of-the-year spending fight gives them more leverage on immigration because Republicans will need their votes to prevent a government shutdown.