President Trump made a number of ambitious announcements on border security and immigration on Monday, eyeing a sweeping overhaul of U.S. policy that could intensify a backlash from Democrats and immigration activists in the coming weeks and months. expensive.
In his inaugural address, President Trump outlined plans to fulfill his campaign promise to close the southern border and launch a historic mass deportation campaign.
Immediately after taking office, President Trump said, “First, I will declare a national emergency at our southern border. Immediately end all illegal immigration.'' “And we will begin the process of putting millions of criminal aliens back where they belong.”
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Donald Trump will be inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States on January 20, 2025, with his wife Melania Trump holding a Bible. (Molly Gash/Pool, via Reuters)
Fox News previewed President Trump's immigration policies, including deploying troops to the border, ending Biden-era parole policies, restarting border wall construction, and designating international cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.
Trump also plans to abolish birthright citizenship for illegal immigrants, end refugee resettlement and create an expedited removal process that would deny asylum claims, officials told reporters.
Officials said at a press conference that President Trump clarified the language of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, saying the federal government “does not grant automatic birthright citizenship to the children of illegal aliens born in the United States.” He said he would sign the order.
Trump reiterated many of these promises in his speech.
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President Trump speaks during the inauguration ceremony in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on January 20, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
“We will restore the Remain in Mexico policy, end the practice of catch-and-release, and send troops to our southern border to repel this disastrous invasion of our country. Under the order I signed today, , we also plan to designate the cartel as a foreign terrorist organization.”
“And by invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, I am taking full advantage of the tremendous powers of federal and state law enforcement to bring devastating damage to American soil, including our cities.” I will instruct the government to eliminate the presence of foreign gangs and criminal networks that bring crime” and urban centres. ”
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“As Commander-in-Chief, I have no greater responsibility than to protect our nation 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 seen before.”
President Trump has made tackling illegal immigration, including mass deportation operations, a central theme of his 2024 election campaign.
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Polls show Americans believe illegal immigration is a top issue in the 2024 election, and some Democrats in Congress recently proposed legislation that would require Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain certain illegal immigrants. is supported.
FOX News' Brooke Singman and Bill Melgin contributed to this report.
