President Donald Trump has promised swift action on immigration, asylum and border security as he takes office today.

The Trump administration is empowering federal immigration officers to consider whether to strip temporary legal status from migrants who entered through former President Joe Biden's signature "parole" programs in an effort to ramp up deportations to record levels,

Trump signing the order on Day 1 is "testing the outer limits of executive branch power in the immigration sphere," Erin Corcoran, executive director of Notre Dame University’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, said.

The executive orders will include deploying U.S. troops to the southern border, and ending birthright citizenship for children of illegal immigrants.

Newly sworn-in U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that he would declare illegal immigration a national emergency, send troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, and reinstate his "remain in Mexico" policy as part of a sweeping immigration crackdown.

As President Donald Trump delivered his inaugural address on Monday, he outlined the series of executive orders he planned to sign that day to "begin the

The bill would require law enforcement to detain immigrants without legal status arrested for crimes including larceny and shoplifting.

This is where Mr Trump’s talk of an “invasion” becomes more than rhetorical bombast. Framing the cartels as terrorists invading America is meant to legitimise his use of the law. And because America is being invaded, Mr Trump argues, he can block anyone from crossing the border. The courts may not see it that way. ■

The White House released images of one of the flights repatriating around 75 to 80 Guatemalan nationals from Texas, as Donald Trump starts deporting migrants on a large scale

If Mr. Trump focuses on settling scores rather than raising incomes, Democrats will sweep the 2026 midterms and progressives will return to power with a vengeance in 2028.”

Trump administration has begun deploying military planes for deportations, a tactic avoided under former President Joe Biden