President Donald J. Trump has signed an executive order suspending the physical entry of immigrants through designated ports of entry at the U.S. southern border. The order instructs the authorities to “immediately” turn back or eject anyone entering the country illegally.
“Through the exercise of his authority under the Immigration and Nationality Act and the Constitution of the United States, President Trump is authorizing and directing the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, and the Department of State to take all necessary action to immediately repel, repatriate, and remove illegal aliens across the southern border of the United States,” the order, posted to the White House website on Wednesday reads. It continues: “Through the exercise of his authority, President Trump has further restricted access to the provisions of the immigration laws that would enable any illegal alien involved in an invasion across the southern border of the United States to remain in the United States, such as asylum.”
Under the Biden-Harris government, asylum and parole programs were used to release hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants into the United States each year, ballooning the number of unlawful foreign residents in the country into the tens of millions. Throughtout the 2024 presidential campaign, President Trump pledged to close the border and enact mass deportations to end the illegal immigration crisis.
The National Pulse reported on Tuesday on Trump immigration czar Tom Homan confirming U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids are already underway, with illegal immigrants with criminal records or deemed potential threats to public safety being a priority.
