president Trump On Monday, he made a number of ambitious announcements on border security and immigration, eyeing a sweeping overhaul of U.S. policy that will likely draw opposition from Democrats and immigration activists in the coming weeks and months.
Trump used him Opening title To outline his plans to fulfill his campaign promises to close the southern border and launch a historic mass deportation campaign.
“First, I will declare a national emergency at our southern border,” Trump said moments after his inauguration. “All illegal entry will be stopped immediately.” “And we will begin the process of returning millions and millions of foreign criminals to the places from which they came.”
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Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th President of the United States as his wife Melania Trump holds a Bible on January 20, 2025. (Maury Gash/Pool via Reuters)
Fox News She reviewed Trump's immigration moves, which include deploying the military to the border, ending Biden-era parole policies, restoring border wall construction, and designating international cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.
Trump too will end Citizenship by birth For illegal immigrants, refugee resettlement will be suspended and a fast-track deportation process will be created that does not allow for asylum applications, officials told reporters.
Trump will sign an order clarifying language in the 14th Amendment and stating that the federal government “will not recognize automatic birthright citizenship for children of illegal aliens born in the United States,” officials told reporters on a press call.
Trump repeated many of these promises in his speech.
President Trump speaks during the inauguration ceremony in the Rotunda of the US Capitol on January 20, 2025. (Chip Somodevila/Getty Images)
“We will restore the Remain in Mexico policy. I will end the practice of 'catch and release.' I will send troops to the southern border to repel the disastrous invasion of our country. Under the orders I signed today, we will also designate the cartels as foreign terrorist organizations,” he said.
“By invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, I will direct our government to use the full and aggressive force of federal and state law enforcement to eliminate the presence of all foreign gangs and criminal networks that bring devastating crimes to American soil, including our cities and inner cities.”
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“As Commander-in-Chief, I have no greater responsibility than to defend our country from threats and invasions,” he said. “And that's exactly what I'm going to do. We're going to do it at a level that no one has ever seen before.”
Trump has made tackling illegal immigration, including mass deportation, a major theme of his 2024 election campaign.
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Polls have shown that Americans view illegal immigration as a major issue during the 2024 elections, and some Democrats in Congress recently supported legislation to detain certain people. Illegal immigrants By Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Fox News' Brooke Singman and Bill Melogen contributed to this report.
