President Trump announced significant changes to immigration policy, including immediate executive orders to boost deportations, declare a national emergency at the southern border, and deploy military troops. He aims to halt illegal border entries and utilize an 18th-century law to expel unauthorized immigrants. His administration's comprehensive deportation strategy, led by key advisers associated with past controversial policies, faces challenges given historical low levels of illegal crossings and potential budget constraints from Congress. Trump's intention to fund border wall construction through an emergency declaration indicates a continued focus on stringent border security policies.
We have a government that has given unlimited funding to the defense of foreign borders but refuses to defend American borders or, more importantly, its own people.
The executive branch has expansive authority on matters of immigration, but many of the president's orders are certain to face swift legal challenge.
Trump has pledged the largest deportation effort in U.S. history, to be carried out under the direction of Stephen Miller and Tom Homan.
The emergency declaration allows Trump to unlock federal resources to fund construction of the border wall, as he did in 2019.
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