PRESIDENT-elect Donald Trump could push ahead on plans to force Muslim immigrants coming to the US to register on a database, a key member of his transition team revealed.

Kris Kobach, the secretary of state for Kansas who helped write tough immigration laws in Arizona and elsewhere, said that plans for the construction of a US-Mexico border are also on the cards.

5 Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach says Trump's administration could push ahead with a "Muslim registry" Credit: Reuters

Kobach claims that Trump's policy advisers had already discussed drafting the proposals.

He boasted that he has participated in regular conference calls with "a dozen Trump immigration advisers" for the past two to three months.

But Trump's transition team did not respond to requests for confirmation of Kobach's role.

5 Donald Trump could quickly press on with plans for a wall with Mexico according to an adviser Credit: Reuters

5 Demonstrators hold signs during a protest against President-elect Donald Trump and in support of Muslims residents in Michigan Credit: Reuters

And the President-elect has not yet committed to following any specific recommendations from his advisors.

To implement the proposal for "extreme vetting" of Muslims, Kobach said the immigration policy group could recommend the reinstatement of a national registry of immigrants and visitors who enter the United States on visas from countries where extremist organisations are active.

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Trump, who scored an upset victory last week over Democrat Hillary Clinton, made building a wall on the US-Mexico border a central issue of his campaign and has pledged to step up immigration enforcement against the country's 11 million illegal immigrants.

He has also said he supports "extreme vetting" of Muslims entering the United States as a national security measure.

5 Reporters have previously likened Trumps plan to to force Muslims in the United States to register on a database to the treatment of Jewish people in Nazi Germany Credit: Getty Images - WireImage

5 The President-elect has not yet committed to following any specific recommendations from his advisors Credit: Getty Images

The Republic billionaire said in an interview on CBS' 60 Minutes that aired on Sunday that once he took office, he would remove immigrants with criminal records who are in the country illegally.

Last year, in an interview with NBC News, Trump's plan to create a Muslim registry was likened to Nazi Germany's laws that required Jews to register, by reporters.

When he was asked how his proposal would differ from Nazi Germany's laws, Trump repeatedly replied "you tell me".

Kobach helped design the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS), while serving under former president George W. Bush's Department of Justice after the 9/11 attacks.

Under NSEERS, people from countries deemed "higher risk" were required to undergo interrogations and fingerprinting on entering the United States.

The system was abandoned in 2011 after it was deemed redundant by the Department of Homeland Security and criticised by civil rights groups for unfairly targeting immigrants from Muslim nations.

Last week, Trump’s controversial statement proposing to ban Muslims from entering America was removed from his campaign website.

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