Immigration

Trump to Declare National Emergency at Southern Border, Stop ‘Catch & Release’

WASHINGTON, DC — Newly sworn President Donald J. Trump said he will declare a state of emergency during his first day in office. The president went on to say he will end the Biden-era “catch and release” policies that allowed millions of “asylum seeking” migrants into the U.S. interior after they illegally crossed the border into the United States.

Trump to Declare State of Emergency - End to Border Invasion. (Getty Images)

DHS Staffers Work MLK Holiday Prepping for Trump’s Rapid-Fire Executive Orders

According to a source within the Department of Homeland Security, hundreds of staffers who usually would not work on federal holidays have been kept at work on Martin Luther King Day in anticipation of the Trump administration’s immediate release of new operation instructions. The source says the biggest expectation of immediate policy changes will be in the border security arena.

Department of Homeland Security

Texas Border Crossing Shut Down as Trump Sworn In, CBP One App Closed

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in riot gear shut down the international bridge to Mexico moments before President Donald Trump took the oath of office. During his inaugural address, the president said he would declare a state of emergency along the U.S.-Mexico border and ordered the end of the Biden-era CBP One immigration app.

CBP Officers shut down El Paso port of entry. (FIle by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Ima