The White House has presented Congress with a plan on immigration reform which would offer a path to citizenship for the 1.8 million undocumented immigrants brought to the US as children, known as the Dreamers.

In return for their citizenship – a key demand from Democrats – the White House has requested a $25 billion fund for border security, including the wall along the border with Mexico.

The plan was detailed in telephone calls to Republican staff members on Thursday afternoon.

A senior White House official outlined the one-page framework, Politico reported, and called the new proposal “a compromise position that we believe… will get 60 votes in the Senate.”

The official confidently described it as “a framework that ultimately will lead to passage of a law.”