Trump delays decision on migrant kids

The White House now says Tuesday when the president will announce a decision on the fate of hundreds of thousands of young immigrants brought to the country illegally as children.

That's the deadline set by a group of Republican state politicians who have threatened to challenge the program in court.

White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters on Friday the details of President Donald Trump's decision are "being finalised as we speak".

Trump "loves people" and wants to make sure the decision is made correctly.

The White House has offered several different timelines for the announcement. Trump himself had said it would happen sometime over the weekend, or later Friday.

He later told reporters the announcement would likely come Monday at the latest.

"We love the dreamers, we love everybody," Trump said, using a shorthand term for the nearly 800,000 young people who were given a reprieve from deportation and temporary work permits under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program created by the Obama administration.

Asked what he would say to young immigrants who are awaiting his move, scared about their fate, he replied: "I think the dreamers are terrific."