"I will work with the Democrats on a plan. And if we can come up with a plan, but the Democrats have made it very, very difficult to do anything. Republicans are very open to the dreamers. The dreamers, we're talking many years ago, they were brought into this country," the president-elect told host Kristen Welker. "Many years ago. Some of them are no longer young people. And in many cases, they've become successful. They have great jobs. In some cases, they have small businesses. Some cases they might have large businesses. And we're going to have to do something with them."

Welker then asked, "You want them to be able to stay. That's what you're saying?"

Trump replied, "I do. I want to be able to work something out."