WASHINGTON, D.C.: US President Donald Trump sent Congress his immigration legislation priorities Sunday (Monday in Manila), including building a controversial border wall, speeding up deportations and dramatically increasing the number of officials involved in enforcement.

The list, which also includes preventing immigrants from sponsoring their extended families to move to the US, drew immediate fire from Democratic leaders in Congress, who said it goes “far beyond what is reasonable.”

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