The Trump administration has made drastic changes to immigration policy to drive up deportation numbers. Here is an overview of recent actions and the people they affect.

Releases of immigrant children in U.S. custody have slowed dramatically since the Trump administration increased vetting of people seeking to take care of them.

The US State Department on Thursday formally told Congress it intends to make sweeping changes to focus on the Trump administration’s priorities including reducing immigration to the US and promoting the administration’s worldview,

At the center of the administration's agenda is a tax bill passed by The House last week which would make approximately two million U.S. citizen children with undocumented parents ineligible

A new report by two nonprofit groups finds that climate policies implemented by the Trump administration are driving migrants north to the U.S. border. And it comes as meteorologists predict the world is getting hotter and more prone to environmental disasters.

Agents are showing up unannounced to interview minors in what the government calls “wellness checks.” Critics see the visits as part of the immigration crackdown.

Despite criminal convictions, successive Republican and Democratic administrations have shielded them from deportation since the war's end.

Other local cities on the list include Alameda, Belmont, Berkeley, Concord, El Cerrito, Emeryville, Fremont, Martinez, Menlo Park, Newark, Oakland, Pacifica, Pleasanton, Richmond, San Francisco, San Jose, San Leandro, San Pablo and Union City.

The Trump administration’s efforts and the G.O.P.’s tax bill aim to restrict benefits for families that include immigrants without permanent legal status.