President-elect Donald Trump said in an interview with “Meet the Press”, NBC NEWS, moderator Kristen Welker that “you have no choice” but to deport everyone who is illegally in the U.S., including possibly removing the American citizen family members of those deported.

Trump also said he will move to end birthright citizenship - long enshrined in the 14th Amendment of the Constitution - which would strip rights from those born in the country to undocumented parents. But, he said, he is open to working with Democrats to pass legislation that would ensure Dreamers - undocumented immigrants who entered the U.S. as children - would be able to remain in the country.

Comments about his mass deportation plan, a key promise of his presidential campaign, were the most expansive since he won the election in November. The program, he said, will begin with undocumented immigrants who have committed crimes and then advance to “people outside of criminals”.

“I think you have to do it. It’s a very tough thing to do. It’s - but you have to have, you know, you have rules, regulations, laws. They came in illegally. You know, the people that have been treated very unfairly are the people that have been on line for 10 years to come into the country. We have to get the criminals out of our country. But we’re starting with the criminals, and we got to do it. And then we’re starting with others, and we’re going to see how it goes”, - Trump said. Asked by Welker, “Who are the others?” Trump responded, “Others are other people outside of criminals.”