Donald Trump is likely to take many executive actions on his first day as president to ramp up immigration enforcement and roll back signature Biden legal entry programs, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. - REUTERS
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00:00Donald Trump is expected to take a slew of executive actions on his first day as
00:05president to ramp up immigration enforcement and roll back legal entry
00:10programs, according to three sources who spoke with Reuters. Here's what the
00:14president-elect could do once he takes office. Executive actions proposed by
00:18Trump would give federal immigration officers more latitude to arrest people
00:23with no criminal records, surge troops to the US-Mexico border, and restart
00:28construction of the border wall. Trump is also expected to end President Joe
00:32Biden's humanitarian programs that allowed hundreds of thousands of
00:36migrants to enter legally in recent years and could encourage those with
00:40expired statuses to leave voluntarily. Migrant arrests reached a record during
00:45Biden's presidency, straining US border enforcement. But illegal crossings fell
00:50dramatically this year as Biden instituted new border restrictions and
00:54Mexico stepped up enforcement. The US Department of Homeland Security
00:58estimated there were 11 million immigrants without legal status in 2022,
01:03a figure that may have increased. Trump said Tom Homan would become his
01:07border czar. The former acting director of US Immigration and Customs
01:11Enforcement from 2017 to 2018 under Trump is expected to play a central role
01:17in Trump's plan for border security. Stephen Miller, architect of Trump's
01:21restrictive first term immigration agenda, is set to return as a deputy
01:26chief of staff for policy. And Reuters reported that Trump plans to nominate
01:30South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem to become secretary of the U.S. Department
01:35of Homeland Security. The agency's sprawling mission includes border
01:39security. She took a hardline stance on illegal immigration and made several
01:43trips in recent years to the US-Mexico border, which she called a war zone in
01:48January. Sources have told Reuters that Trump intends to scrap Biden
01:52administration guidance that prioritize people with serious criminal records
01:57for deportation and limited enforcement against non criminals. The Trump border
02:01would call for deportations to prioritize people charged with felonies
02:06and people who have exhausted their legal avenues to remain. But the order
02:10would not restrict officers from picking up other potentially deportable
02:14immigrants. Trump's transition effort remains in its early stages and plans
02:19could change before his inauguration on January 20th. A Trump spokesperson did
02:24not respond to a request for comment.