Trump Releases Immigration Proposal

05:19

October 09, 2017

In this Oct. 7, 2017, photo, President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before leaving the White House in Washington for a brief stop at Andrews Air Force Base in Md., on his way to Greensboro, N.C. The Trump administration sent an immigration policy wish-list to Congress that includes overhauling the country's green-card system, hiring 10,000 more immigration officers and building a wall along the southern border. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)

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Despite agreeing to work with Democrats on immigration overhaul, President Trump Sunday night released an immigration proposal that includes funding for a wall on the U.S. Mexico border, stripping federal grants from sanctuary cities and cracking down on immigration by families of green card holders as well as Central American children who cross the border unaccompanied.

Democratic leaders Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi called the Trump plan unworkable.

Here & Now's Robin Young talk to USA Today immigration reporter Alan Gomez (@alangomez).

This segment aired on October 9, 2017.

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