Donald Trump Immigration Reform latest news: President-elect promises an immigration plan that's firm and with 'a lot of heart'

With only hours left before President-elect Donald Trump is sworn into office, concerns about his stand on Immigration Reform is heightening. With an estimated nationwide count of 11 million immigrants who are in the United States illegally, Trump's upcoming inauguration into office has been met with widespread protest.

The estimates were made by the Migration Policy Institute, as reported by Newsday. But political experts, immigrant advocates, and elected officials have expressed uncertainty on what to expect from Trump after the Preside-elect offered a few specific proposals in his latest interviews.

Trump campaigned for the deportation of undocumented immigrants from the United States and for shifting the focus to the concerns of the American citizens who are worried about jobs, wages, and tax bills in their own country. He promised to give emphasis on the deportation and curtailment of programs allowing immigrants to enter and live in the U.S., and he even vowed to seal up the southern border with "an impenetrable physical wall" to be funded by federal dollars that will be reimbursed by the Mexican government.

Trump reportedly tweeted that Mexico can "pay a little later" for the envisioned wall. And in a Time Magazine interview last month, he addressed concerns about the undocumented young immigrants known as "DREAMers" and said that he's "going to work something out." He is reportedly working with Republicans in Congress for the best way to address this issue since many Americans are arguing that undocumented young immigrants should not be penalized for their parents' decisions.

As to the promised unleashing of a "deportation force" to remove millions of undocumented immigrants from the United States, House Speaker Paul Ryan said at the CNN Town Hall that "it's not happening."

The President-elect may have made some pretty strong statements during his campaign, but decisions, especially those concerning the people, cannot be made in haste. And Trump seemed to have let up a bit on his anti-immigrant policies when he said in his latest TV interview with "Fox and Friends" that his immigration plan for "DREAMers" will be "very firm, but it's going to have a lot of heart."

President-elect Donald Trump will be sworn into office on Friday, Jan. 20.