President Donald Trump has promised swift action on immigration, asylum and border security as he takes office today.
The executive orders will include deploying U.S. troops to the southern border, and ending birthright citizenship for children of illegal immigrants.
Immigrants rights groups are already contesting President Trump's sweeping executive orders aimed at combating illegal immigration.
The Justice Department is directing its federal prosecutors to investigate any state or local officials who stand in the way of beefed-up enforcement of immigration laws under the Trump administration.
Newly sworn-in U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that he would declare illegal immigration a national emergency, send troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, and reinstate his "remain in Mexico" policy as part of a sweeping immigration crackdown.
President Donald Trump has promised a wave of deportations, which has caused fear and anxiety in New York City.
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's administration has directed federal prosecutors to criminally investigate state and local officials who attempt to resist its immigration enforcement efforts, according to a memo to Justice Department staff seen by Reuters.
Donald Trump has reacted to Episcopal bishop of Washington's appeal to the US President to have mercy upon LGBTQ+ and migrant workers. Trump called Washington bishop Mariann Edgar Budde "nasty" for the remarks she made during her sermon at his presidential inaugural service on Monday and said she "owes" the public an apology.
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Supporters of the president were none too happy with Budde’s remarks, with Representative Mike Collins posting that the bishop should be “added to the deportation list” and pundit Charlie Kirk saying that “she disgraced herself with a lecture you’d hear on CNN or an episode of The View. ”
Trump removed the Spanish version of the page in 2017. At that time, White House officials said they would reinstate it. President Joe Biden reinstated the page in 2021.