Trump seeks curbs to legal immigration system, GOP senator says
WASHINGTON _ President Donald Trump told GOP lawmakers at a private dinner he's seeking changes to the legal immigration system as part of any deal to permanently safeguard from deportation nearly 1 million immigrants brought illegally to the U.S. as children, Sen. David Perdue said.
Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, also among the five lawmakers who attended the dinner Monday night, said no decisions have been made, but the White House plans to send an outline of items it wants in a bill as soon as this week.
Perdue, a Georgia Republican, said the discussion included elements of a plan Perdue is co-sponsoring to shift toward a skills-based immigration system and cut legal immigration by half over a decade.
"That's what we're working on, absolutely," Perdue told reporters. Asked what parts of the measure might be included, he said, "anything is negotiable."
Democrats oppose Perdue's plan, which has only one Republican co-sponsor, Republican Tom Cotton of Arkansas.
_Bloomberg News
