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

The acting deputy attorney general issued a memo directing the DOJ to significantly overhaul its approach to immigration enforcement.

Trump has also made immigration the focus of multiple executive orders since taking office on Monday. The bill would require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, to detain people who are in the United States without legal status who are arrested,

"My office is a law enforcement entity. We are going to follow the Constitution and uphold the law," Krasner said as Trump officials threatened consequences for uncooperative local officials.

President Donald Trump's administration has directed federal prosecutors to criminally investigate state and local officials who attempt to resist its immigration enforcement efforts, according to a memo to Justice Department staff seen by Reuters.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday signed executive orders declaring illegal immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border a national emergency, designating criminal cartels as terrorist organizations, and targeting automatic citizenship for U.

The orders include declaring a national emergency to deploy military personnel to the border, suspending refugee resettlement and ending birthright citizenship.

In his third day in office, President Donald Trump signed more executive orders aimed at shutting down the U.S. southern border to immigration and ramping up deportations — though large scale deportation raids had yet to materialize as of Wednesday afternoon.

The Republican-controlled US Congress handed President Donald Trump an early win in his crackdown on illegal immigration on Wednesday, passing a bill to expand pretrial detention for foreign criminal suspects,

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President Donald Trump has landed his first major immigration win, with a bill requiring illegal migrants accused of violent crimes to be detained heading to his desk. The House passed the Laken Riley Act on Wednesday as 46 Democrats sided with Republicans to give it final approval with a 263-156 vote.

The notion that America is being invaded has become the defining theme of Mr Trump’s immigration policy. Hours after his inauguration the president issued ten executive orders on immigration and border enforcement “to repel the disastrous invasion of our country”.