President Trump’s inauguration will usher in a new era focused on American strength – including a strong economy, a strong border and a strong military.

The House voted 263 to 156 to approve the Laken Riley act, sending the measure to Trump for his signature. The measure would make it easier for federal immigration officials to detain and deport those without legal status who are charged with specific crimes.

In President Donald Trump’s first television interview in the Oval Office since returning to the White House, he told Fox News he “might have to” cut funding for sanctuary cities, rebuffed concerns over TikTok and criticized Biden’s pardons.

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The Department of Homeland Security is allowing certain law enforcement components from the Department of Justice to carry out the "functions" of an immigration officer.

The Laken Riley Act will now go to Trump's desk and symbolically will become the first measure he signs into law of his second administration.

A new Justice Department memo is threatening criminal charges against state and local officials who don't cooperate with federal immigration agents, which has some New Yorkers fearing what could come next.

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John Fabbricatore, the former field director for ICE for Colorado and Wyoming, expressed complete support for President Donald Trump's new immigration plans before a U.S. House committee on Wednesday.

A memo from the acting deputy attorney general instructs officials to identify state and local laws and policies that “threaten to impede” the Trump administration's immigration efforts.

More is coming, but many directives will take time to be implemented or will face political, legal or practical obstacles.