“DHS (Department of Homeland Security) is working on another legislative package, obviously we’ve been talking about this for many months now, including when we sent the immigration priorities over to Congress back in October that would basically close these loopholes so we can have a lawful immigration system and save a lot of lives on both sides of the border,” the official told CNN.
The administration had proposed a somewhat scaled-down version of its wish list in a framework for a deal to preserve DACA, a programme that protects young undocumented immigrants who came to the US as children, which Trump is trying to end.
The proposal from the White House failed to get even 40 votes in the 100-member Senate.
The official also claimed any politician who opposes the changes the White House seeks is supporting illegal immigration.
