As countless asylum hearing appointments were canceled Monday, those who had already trekked across the McAllen-Hidalgo International Bridge on the day Trump was inaugurated underwent three-hours of processing before making their their way to shelters and other temporary housing.

Only minutes after being sworn in as the 47th President of the United States, Donald Trump praised Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security policies and promised Texas would have support from Washington now that he was in office.

Declaring illegal immigration a national emergency, Trump ordered the Pentagon to provide support for border wall construction

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, President Donald Trump ’s pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security, was confirmed by the Senate. The Senate confirmed her on Saturday morning in a vote of 59-34.

The Trump administration is giving immigration officers an expanded authority to rapidly deport immigrants, including people the Biden administration temporarily allowed into the country under parole authority,

President Donald Trump on Monday kicked off his sweeping immigration crackdown, tasking the U.S. military with aiding border security, issuing a broad ban on asylum and taking steps to restrict citizenship for children born on U.

The CBP One entry programme, instituted by President Joe Biden, had allowed thousands of migrants to schedule appointments at entry points across the US-Mexico border.

The flurry of attempted illegal crossing along the U.S.-Mexico border comes just 72 hours before Trump's inauguration. Border Patrol agents dissuaded and easily rounded the few migrants to face criminal charges of illegally entering the U.S.

The Department of Homeland Security is opening the door to the parole status of migrants to be reviewed, leading to their eventual removal from the country.

According to a memo obtained by The New York Times and signed by acting head of the Department of Homeland Security Benjamine C. Huffman, deportation powers previously reserved for border encounters are expanded to the programs that allowed over 1.4 million people to enter the U.S. temporarily.