Press. voanews.com
U.S. President
Donald Trump is proposing a path to citizenship for 1.8 million young
immigrants living in the United States, according to unnamed White House
sources. The plan is aimed at "Dreamers," or people brought to the
United States by their families when they were minors. Senior White House
officials told reporters Thursday that Trump's plan would scale back
family-based immigration to include only spouses and underage children. It
would also eliminate the visa lottery program.
The plan would
include a $25 billion "trust fund" to build a border wall on the U.S.
border with Mexico and beef up security on the northern U.S. border with
Canada. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the plan has not
yet been released. Reuters news agency reported that the White House hopes the
Senate will take up the plan in February.
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