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president trump On Monday, he made a series of ambitious announcements on border security and immigration, eyeing a sweeping overhaul of American policy and likely fueling pushback from Democrats and immigration activists in the coming weeks and months.
Trump used his opening speech to outline his plans to make good on his campaign promises to seal the southern border and launch a historic campaign of mass deportation.
“First, I will declare a national emergency on our southern border. All illegal entry will be stopped immediately,” Trump said moments after being inaugurated. “And we will begin the process of returning millions upon millions of criminal aliens to the places they came from.”
TRUMP TRIALS ‘A NEW ERA OF NATIONAL SUCCESS’, SAYS AMERICA’S ‘DECLINE IS OVER’ IN INAUGURAL ADDRESS
Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th President of the United States as his wife Melania Trump holds the Bible on January 20, 2025. (Morry Gash/Pool via REUTERS)
Fox News had previewed 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 will also be finished citizenship by birthright for illegal immigrants, suspend refugee resettlement and create a fast-track deportation process that does not allow for an asylum application, officials told reporters.
Officials told reporters on a press call that Trump would sign an order clarifying the language of the 14th Amendment and stating that the federal government “will not grant automatic birthright citizenship to the children of illegal aliens born in the United States”.
Trump reiterated many of those promises in his speech.
TRUMP TO DEPLOY TROOPS TO BORDER, END BIDEN’S FREEDOM POLICIES IN DAY 1 EXECUTIVE ORDER RELEASE
President Trump speaks during inauguration ceremonies in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
“We will restore my stay-in-Mexico policy. I will end the practice of catch and release. And I will send troops to the southern border to repel the disastrous invasion of our country. Under the orders I signed today, I will also we will. designate the cartels as foreign terrorist organizations,” he said.
“And invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, I will direct our government to use the full and immense power of federal and state law enforcement to eliminate the presence of all foreign gangs and criminal networks that carry devastating crimes to American soil, including our cities and inner cities.”
TRUMP TO TAKE OVER 200 EXECUTIVE ACTIONS ON DAY 1
“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 on a level that no one has ever seen.”
Trump has made cracking down on illegal immigration, including a massive deportation crackdown, a central issue of his 2024 campaign.
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Polls showed that Americans saw illegal immigration as a top issue in the 2024 election, and some Democrats in Congress recently supported legislation to require the detention of certain illegal immigrants by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Fox News’ Brooke Singman and Bill Melugin contributed to this report.
