Trump mulling immigration bill with pathway to legal status - CNN

U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 26, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump is considering introducing legislation to provide a pathway to legal status, but not immediately to citizenship, for illegal immigrants in the United States, CNN reported on Tuesday, citing a senior White House official. CNN said the president thinks a comprehensive immigration bill that would allow illegal immigrants to hold a job and require them to pay taxes has a chance of clearing Congress, and it said Trump may refer to the idea of legislation in a speech on Tuesday night. (Reporting by Timothy Ahmann)