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Criminal illegal aliens, this is one of the executive orders the president signed on the 25th. it would prioritize the removal of people convicted of criminal offense, have been charged with a criminal offense, have abused public benefit programs. that's interesting. that could be controversial. or people subject to a removal order by still in the country. it would increase participation in the 287 g program. this integrates local law enforcement with immigrations and custom enforcement and border patrol. allows you to beef up troop levels, if you will, on the border. a draft memo that was err...

Welker in, live at the white house. kristen, i want to talk about president trump's retooled executive order on immigration. talk us through what it's going to look like. >> reporter: well, steph, we are not exactly sure. here is what we know. we could see the executive order as early as tomorrow. there's been a draft memo that is circulated that white house officials say is currently among the options under consideration that would, again, target people coming from those same seven countries who were banned in the original executive order, they include, iran, iraq, syria, yemen, somalia, suda...

Which states, quote, the department no longer will exempt classes of removable aliens from potential enforcement, and it seems to imply those protected by daca are still vulnerable. >> it's a draft memo, and the white house says it's still being reviewed and some changes may be made based on how the legal team at the white house views this, and that's critical to remember. but also at the same time, you have to remember over the last eight years, over the obama administration, they have gone from enforcing existing immigration laws to a more lenient immigration policy, and president trump does...

It about this manner that emerged and the way that the white house actually handles its real plans. the things that it says it will do. and this was because of the a.p. story that said that there was an 11 page draft memo that said they were going to use the national guard to round up undocumented immigrants. and the pattern is wait for a draft memo to be leaked, refuse to comment, and then wait for the disputed story -- wait to dispute the stoir's beingry's ad then accuse the press. >> and not responding to e-mails. they don't reply to i mails. if i text, they respond instantly. but if i e-ma...

About this. joan, you've written and tweeted about this, and this is this pattern that emerged and the way that the white house handles its real plans, the things that it says it's going to do. this is because of the a.p. story that said there was an 11-page draft memo that said they were going to use the national guard to round up undocumented immigrants. wait for a draft memo to be leaked to the press, part two, refuse to comment when asked about the draft. part three, wait for the disputed stories -- wait to dispute the story's accuracy once the story is actually published and four, accuse ...