Daca: Trump 'fairly close' to deal with Democrats on Dreamers

Mr Trump told journalists at the White House that the agreement would include "massive border security".

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The president said funding for his planned border wall was not part of the pact.

Mr Trump spoke a day after talks with top Democrats Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer at the White House.

Hardline conservatives are enraged.

Only last week Mr Trump stunned fellow Republicans by making a budget deal with the Democrats.

The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Daca) programme allows some 800,000 people to remain in the US, and provides temporary permits for work and study.

The Obama-era scheme was put in place to protect so-called "Dreamers" - migrants who entered the US illegally as children - from deportation.

Only last week Mr Trump announced he would cancel the programme.

He said he was giving Congress six months to enact a replacement plan for Daca recipients.