The Department of Homeland Security issued two memos late Monday to repeal limits on federal immigration enforcement, and demanding a review on parole use.
In a press release, the directives were said to be "essential to ending the invasion of the US southern border and empower law enforcement to protect Americans."
Trump’s administration reinstates controversial measures, including 'Remain in Mexico' policy, and ends safeguards for “so-called ‘sensitive’ areas.”
The Trump administration has reversed longstanding policies that limited immigration enforcement in sensitive locations such as schools and churches.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Department of Homeland Security secretary, vowed Friday to immediately halt the mobile app that lets migrants register to enter the US.
Federal agents are investigating after a US Border Patrol agent was shot and killed Monday afternoon on the highway in Vermont.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem told lawmakers that she intends to end the use of the CBP One on the first day the Trump administration.
The order for DHS employees to return to work falls in tandem with Trump’s mass deportation plan announced in his inaugural address Monday
Within minutes of Donald Trump being sworn in as president, a federal phone app used to facilitate illegal entry into the country was terminated Monday.
After his swearing-in on Monday, Trump will declare a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border and tap the military to deploy there to build additional barriers. He will also roll back many of President Biden’s actions in an attempt to essentially close off the border from any migrants seeking to make asylum claims.
Promises of an immigration crackdown by President Donald Trump through his election campaign are now underway.
The Biden-Harris Administration abused the humanitarian parole program to indiscriminately allow 1.5 million migrants to enter our country,” DHS said.