The president’s Day 1 actions included directives that fly in the face of legal limits on involving the military in domestic operations and the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship.
Whether local law enforcement agencies cooperate with federal immigration authorities will be be crucial to Trump's planned mass deportation.
President Donald Trump's first act in the White House will be signing 10 executive orders specifically focused on the border and immigration.
Trump campaigned on border security promises, and he and his allies argue that his electoral win is an endorsement of his upcoming actions on the issue.
Trump campaigned largely on the issue of immigration, promising to carry out mass deportations of roughly 11 million illegal immigrants currently in the U.S.
Incoming President Donald Trump’s pledge to enact mass deportations and slap steep tariffs on major trading partners could lead to an exodus of skilled workers and drive up grocery bills.
The ‘Laken Riley Act’ is named after the 22-year-old student who was killed on the University of Georgia campus by Venezuelan migrant José Antonio Ibarra last February. According to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), he allegedly entered the country illegally in 2022 and was charged with shoplifting but was not detained by ICE.
President Trump is planning to invoke muscular presidential powers to begin a sweeping crackdown on immigration.
The Minneapolis Police Department’s updated policy explicitly states the department is not responsible for enforcing federal immigration laws. The guidance also prohibits officers from
Noem highlighted her 2024 decision to send South Dakota National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border “when Texas asked for help and when they were being overwhelmed by an unprecedented border crisis.
Pro-immigrant groups in Philly promise they'll resist the president's efforts to treat immigrants more harshly.