Illegal crossings at the southern border were lower in December 2024 than in December 2020, Border Patrol data showed.
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.
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.
From federal funding to the restaurant industry, Trump’s executive orders are having early implications for the region he’s expected to visit Friday.
President-elect Donald Trump has arrived at the White House in advance of his inauguration as the 47th president of the United States in Washington, D.C., on Monday.
The first sentence of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.
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The notion that America is being invaded has become the defining theme of Mr Trump’s immigration policy. Hours after his inauguration the president issued ten executive orders on immigration and border enforcement “to repel the disastrous invasion of our country”.
The Trump administration has shut down processing centers in Central and South American countries that allowed migrants to apply to come to the United States legally.
The lawsuit to block the president’s executive order is the first salvo in what is likely to be a long-running legal fight over immigration policy.
During the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States, the CBP One mobile application, a tool used by thousands of migrants to schedule appointments at the border, ceased to be operational.
Mapmakers and teachers are re-thinking what to call the gulf of water between Mexico, the United States and Cuba after President Donald Trump ordered it renamed from the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.