Illegal crossings at the southern border were lower in December 2024 than in December 2020, Border Patrol data showed.
President Trump issued a raft of executive orders that effectively block migrants from entering the United States and applying for asylum, closing off major legal channels for immigration.
The national emergency declaration will allow the Trump administration to deploy armed forces and National Guard members to the border. Trump said troops will "repel the disastrous invasion of our country." It's unclear how many troops will be sent to the border.
President-elect Donald Trump has arrived at the White House in advance of his inauguration as the 47th president of the United States in Washington, D.C., on Monday.
Donald Trump’s administration issued a 90-day pause on all foreign aid, with exceptions for Israel and Egypt, according to a new State Department memo Friday.
President Trump's Department of Homeland Security finds "an actual or imminent mass influx" of illegal immigrants at the southern border.
Trump signing the order on Day 1 is "testing the outer limits of executive branch power in the immigration sphere," Erin Corcoran, executive director of Notre Dame University’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, said.
We’re tracking the executive orders Trump signed on his first day in office, just hours after being inaugurated as president.
Donald and Melania Trump will stop in North Carolina, California and Nevada during the first trip of his second term. Follow along for live updates.
Yesterday, a Department of Homeland Security, Acting Secretary Benjamine Huffman, expanded the group of federal law enforcement officers who can investigate and apprehend the immigrants. It wasn't immediately clear how many officers would be reassigned to immigrant enforcement.
The notion that America is being invaded has become the defining theme of Mr Trump’s immigration policy. Hours after his inauguration the president issued ten executive orders on immigration and border enforcement “to repel the disastrous invasion of our country”.