Trump administration appears poised to proceed at full force to honour campaign promises of mass deportations, altering landmark geography names, and dismantling birthright citizenship

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials are planning a major enforcement operation that will target immigrants for several days following the inauguration of Donald Trump as president, according to a document reviewed by NBC News and a person familiar with the planning.

WASHINGTON – Several Senate Democrats from swing states joined with Republicans Friday to clear the final hurdle to passing the Laken Riley Act, which would require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain noncitizens who commit certain crimes.

She investigated the secrecy surrounding the U.S. immigration system and covered the deportation hearings of President Barack Obama's Kenyan ... for an immigration enforcement blitz in Chicago ...

I will declare a national emergency at our southern border,” Trump said during his inaugural speech. The declaration was posted shortly before 9 p.m. “All illegal entry will be immediately halted and we will begin the process of returning millions and millions of illegal aliens back to the places from which they came.

For many, Jan. 20 was a day of disaffiliation. From our country, its leaders, politics and culture. For many, the election of President Donald Trump for a second time was more than a “wake-up call” or another blip in the ebbs and flows of American history.

Legal experts and researchers say incoming President Donald Trump's promised mass deportations could actually end up undermining goals of public safety and national security.

Presidents from both parties have raided businesses alleged to have hired people who are in the country without legal status. Here’s what we know about how they may work under a second Trump administration.

Cardenas worked for the last three presidents, starting with former President Barack Obama ... to apprehend all of them. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement sets priorities.

While the president has a broad range of immigration and national security powers, he cannot change US law on his own.

As President-elect Donald Trump looks to make sweeping changes to immigration policy in his second term, we revisit the history of immigration law through past presidencies starting in the 1700s.

The president has vast authority over the armed forces, but using them to secure the border would quickly unleash legal chaos, say lawyers.