Trump has called for immigration reform, saying his administration has presented the Congress with a detailed proposal with a four-pillar plan: Offering path to citizenship for immigrants who were brought to the US at a young age, fully securing the border, ending the visa lottery, protecting the nuclear family by ending chain migration.

DONALD TRUMP US PRESIDENT "This vital reform is necessary, not just for our economy, but for our security, and our future. In recent weeks, two terrorist attacks in New York were made possible by the visa lottery and chain migration. In the age of terrorism, these programs present risks we can no longer afford. It is time to reform these outdated immigration rules, and finally bring our immigration system into the 21st Century. These four pillars represent a down-the-middle compromise, and one that will create a safe, modern, and lawful immigration system."