Here Is How Trump Moved to Seal the Southern Border on Day 1
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.
Trump Inherits Better Southern Border Situation Than He Left Biden
Illegal crossings at the southern border were lower in December 2024 than in December 2020, Border Patrol data showed.
Here are the executive actions and orders Trump signed on Day 1
We’re tracking the executive orders Trump signed on his first day in office, just hours after being inaugurated as president.
President Trump signs executive orders targeting DEI, immigration
The Trump administration is considering sending as many as 10,000 US troops to the southern border and potentially using military bases to hold migrants.
What Does Trump's National Emergency Declaration on Southern Border Mean?
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.
Trump introducing ‘sweeping measures’ to seal off US southern border
New York Post immigration reporter Jennie Taer says the Trump administration has already introduced “sweeping measures” to immediately seal off the border and enhance immigration enforcement within the United States.
Trump signs order to close US southern border
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order to close the country's southern border. It concerns the closure of entry for illegal migrants, the White House website reports. "The President has the authority under the Immigration and Nationality Act,
Trump announces national emergency at southern border after sworn in as 47th president
President-elect Donald Trump has arrived at the White House in advance of his inauguration as the 47th president of the ...
Trump 2nd term live updates: WH posts photos of military planes used in deportations
President Donald Trump has kicked off his second term with a flurry of executive actions on immigration, the economy, DEI and ...
Senate confirms Hegseth as Defense secretary; Trump tours fire damage in LA
Donald and Melania Trump are stopping in North Carolina, California and Nevada during their first second-term trip. Follow ...
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What Trump's first week immigration orders mean in the short and long term
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 ...
Trump DHS finds 'mass influx' of illegal migrants at southern border, requests assistance from all 50 states
President Trump's Department of Homeland Security finds "an actual or imminent mass influx" of illegal immigrants at the ...
Trump mulls making FEMA 'go away' during disaster relief trip to N.C., California
President Donald Trump said Friday his administration is considering getting rid of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Massachusetts legal experts review the legality of President Trump's executive orders
Legal experts said the president doesn't have unchecked authority, and the power is split between the branches of government ...
Trump deputizes thousands of federal agents to arrest immigrants | The Excerpt
Yesterday, a Department of Homeland Security, Acting Secretary Benjamine Huffman, expanded the group of federal law ...
FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims made by Trump during his first week back in office
From his inaugural address continuing through a flurry of executive actions, press conferences and interviews Trump relied on ...