Trump signing the order on Day 1 is "testing the outer limits of executive branch power in the immigration sphere," Erin Corcoran, executive director of Notre Dame University’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, said.

Federal officials say ICE arrested 308 people the day after Trump's 2025 inauguration - but that number was comparable to recent years.

The arrests by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials occurred during a 33-hour period from Tuesday to Wednesday.

President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to launch – on Day One of his ... but only a small fraction of them have been subjected to deportation.” Vaughan said the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has the ability to track down and deport many ...

The president issued several actions related to the border or immigration, including ramping up deportations and suspending refugee resettlement.

The Trump administration is ending use of a border app called CBP One that has allowed nearly 1 million people to legally enter the United States with eligibility to work.

Trump’s ascendancy to power again comes with some historical footnotes: He will become the first felon to serve as U.S. president, after his conviction last year on 34 criminal charges linked to falsifying business records to hide a $130,000 hush money payment to porn film star Stormy Daniels, although a judge declined to penalize him in any way.

On January 20 and 21, 2025, President Trump declared a national emergency and issued several executive orders on immigration. The Declaration

ICE agents arrested 308 unlawful immigrants across the United States, according to Donald Trump's border czar Tom Homan and GOP senator Katie Britt.

President-elect Donald Trump has promised significant changes when he takes office on everything from immigration to foreign policy to tariffs.