Trump aide: Trump open to a DACA solution

President TrumpDonald John TrumpDems flip Wisconsin state Senate seat Sessions: 'We should be like Canada' in how we take in immigrants GOP rep: 'Sheet metal and garbage' everywhere in Haiti MORE's legislative director, Marc Short, said on Sunday Trump is open to a legislative fix for recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program as the government enters its second day of the shutdown. 

"Keep in mind, these are people aged 16-36 with work permits, which means they do not have any criminal background. They're here being productive to our country," Short told ABC's George Stephanopoulos on "This Week." 

"I think you've seen the White House show openness to expand that population, while Democrats have said there are other people who should be apart of the DACA population because they were either afraid or didn't apply to the program. We've shown a willingness to consider that. So we feel like we're making progress on multiple areas." 

Senate Republicans and Democrats failed to reach a midnight deadline on Saturday to fund the government, resulting in the shutdown. 

Democrats said they opposed the measure due to the lack of a DACA fix in the legislation. Trump last year said he would end the Obama-era program, which protects young immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children from legislative, but gave Congress time to come up with a legislative solution.

Republicans have in turn accused Senate Democrats of holding the government hostage. 

The White House previously said they would negotiate with the Democrats on the fix while the government was shut down. 

However, Short said on Sunday the White House is showing flexibility. 

“I think you’ve seen us move throughout the negotiation on immigration," he said.