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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