In a list of "principles" laid out in documents released by the White House, the Trump administration also pressed for a crackdown on unaccompanied minors who enter the United States, many of them from Central America. If enacted, the White House priorities could result in the deportation of Dreamers' parents. The White House made clear it would not be pushing for Dreamers to achieve US citizenship, only legal status, in a potential deal. Hard lineTrump campaigned for president on a pledge to toughen immigration policies and build a wall along the US border with Mexico. He vowed repeatedly that Mexico would pay for the wall, but began prodding Congress earlier this year to approve funding.

Source: bd News24 October 09, 2017 01:41 UTC