Donald Trump has vowed to make sweeping reforms quickly when he takes office on 20 January, and the internet is abuzz with rumours that Trump will deport millions of immigrants - what are the facts? We take a look.

Trump reiterated that deportation of all [illegal immigrants], which may include undocumented family members of US citizens.

For some U.S. citizens who have family members who are illegal immigrants, Trump said he doesn't want to break up families, but illegal immigrants have to leave the U.S. The way to keep these families together is to send them back to their home countries together.

The idea has been widely debated and controversial, with supporters arguing that it would help protect US interests, while opponents have criticised the move as too harsh. Trump added: ‘It depends on the family’, meaning that if someone in the family stays in the US legally, then only those who are here illegally would need to leave, and those who are here legally would have the option of staying or leaving together.

At the same time, he would move to end ‘birthright citizenship’ within the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which would deny children born in the US to undocumented parents the right to citizenship from birth.

In addition, for people who were brought to live in the United States as children, many of whom are now middle-aged, among them people who have achieved success in the United States, founded businesses, have no ties to their country of origin, and do not speak the language of their country of origin, Trump argued that special measures are needed. Trump said he is willing to work with Democrats to pass legislation to ensure that immigrants involved in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) programme can remain in the United States.

Whether or not these draft laws will be implemented after Trump's inauguration, what is certain in the future is that the US will be more rigorous in its immigration policies.

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This reform will primarily target illegal immigrants, but highly skilled people will still be welcome to immigrate to the US.

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