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White House Wants to Eliminate Visa Lottery in Exchange for Path to
Citizenship

by Steve Herman

   WHITE HOUSE --

   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.

   Steve Herman is VOA's White House Bureau Chief.