WASHINGTON _ The White House is racing to finish an immigration plan focused on enforcement that could be introduced before Democrats take control of the House. It would include funding for the U.S.-Mexico border wall, restrictions on asylum and cuts to legal immigration, according to four people familiar with the plan.
But the plan is already being resisted by some in the White House, who are urging President Donald Trump to agree to a more moderate plan that would limit cuts to legal immigration and protect young immigrants who came to the United States as children.
"There is a schism within the White House over this issue," said Jessica Vaughn, a former State Department foreign service officer and director of policy studies at the Center for Immigration Studies. "There are some folks who think it's important to push those provisions now under the guise of merit-based immigration reform. And others who are opposed to that. They want the emphasis to be on enforcement."
