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React-Text Trump: Border Wall and Trump

react-text trump: Read the latest news on U.S. President Donald Trump Trump said Thursday that any deal he signs will need to include funding for his border wall, more money for immigration enforcement, an overhaul of the family-based immigration system and an end to the diversity visa lottery, according to Toronto Star. Article Continued Below Trump told the lawmakers that he would love to take care of DACA, but we're only going to do it under these conditions. react-text 155 Trump said Thursday any legislation on the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program he signs will need to include funding for his border wall and an end to the diversity visa lottery. /react-text DOUG MILLS / The New York Times Chain migration is a total disaster which threatens our security and our economy and provides a gateway for terrorism, he said, referring to the current system that allows many immigrants to sponsor their extended family members. Lawmakers have been trying to hammer out a deal on how to extend legal status for hundreds of thousands of young immigrants who were brought to the country illegally as children and had been protected from deportation by the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program DACA . Trump announced he would be ending the program last year, but gave Congress a March deadline to come up with a legislative fix. Trump also said he hoped the overhaul will attract Democratic support. react-empty 165 It would be really nice to do it in a bipartisan way, he told those gathered, which included John Cornyn of Texas, Tom Cotton of Arkansas, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Chuck Grassley of Iowa, James Lankford of Oklahoma and Thom Tillis of North Carolina.A separate group of Senate Republicans is scheduled to sit down with Trump on Thursday afternoon to discuss the budget and other legislative priorities for the year. Sign up Read more Virginia activists file lawsuit over Trump administration ending DACA program Trump demands border wall funds, immigration changes High school and college DACA recipients march on Capitol Hill Read more about United States, Donald Trump react-empty 175 Do you want to help shapethe Toronto Star's future Join our team of readers who are passionate about journalism and share your views. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.