A White House immigration framework set to be introduced next week includes a path to citizenship for roughly 1.8 million younger illegal immigrants, a top administration official said Thursday.
The plan outlines the Trump administration’s wish list for a bill to replace the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, an Obama-era executive amnesty act that shielded from deportation roughly 790,000 illegal immigrants brought to the U.S. as children.
In exchange for a path to citizenship — what immigration hawks would call amnesty — the White House is asking for $25 billion to fully fund the border wall, an end to chain migration and ending the visa lottery system. The provisions were outlined in a conference call between a top White House aide and House Republican staff, according to Politico.
Based on President Donald Trump’s previously released demands for a DACA compromise bill, the plan contains two big-ticket reforms: killing the the green card lottery and limiting family visas to spouses and minor children. The framework also calls for standardizing treatment of undocumented immigrants, regardless of country of origin; expediting the deportation of visa overstays, and hiring more border patrol agents, immigration judges, and prosecutors.
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