"I don't want to undermine any leverage that I may have."

"We're going to be fine. At the end of the day, this thing will work itself out."

It is "absolutely critical" the transition team meets with the Trump administration.

"It is an outrage that Senate Republicans and the impeached President's administration are more focused on undermining our election integrity."

Trump has made immigration curbs a central part of his four-year term in office.