The deal would require lawmakers to set a $25 billion fund to build a wall on the border with Mexico and invest in improvements on the northern border with Canada.
Radio Sputnik discussed Trump’s proposal with Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Washington-based Center for Immigration Studies.
Sputnik: Are you in favor of this border wall with Mexico?
Sputnik: While Donald Trump is trying to tighten immigration he is now saying he is happy to let in 1.8 million migrants in exchange for funding [the border wall]. Isn’t there a paradox here?
Donald Trump’s plan reportedly calls for the termination of anchor migration and visa lotteries but more than doubles the number of the so-called Dreamers.
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