President-elect Donald Trump will sign 10 immigration-related executive orders soon after he is sworn in that would end recognition of automatic birthright citizenship, send troops to the border, decl

Mr. Trump is planning to attempt to deny birthright citizenship to the children of immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally, according to the incoming officials. The U.S. government has long interpreted the U.S. Constitution to mean that those born on American soil are citizens at birth, regardless of their parents' immigration status.

Rhode Island has joined a coalition of states suing President Trump over his executive order to end birthright citizenship

Invoking presidential emergency powers gives the president the ability to go around Congress and unlock federal funding to crack down at the border.

WASHINGTON − President Donald Trump on Monday declared a national border emergency and ordered the U.S. armed forces to repel "forms of invasion" at the U.S.-Mexico border, including illegal migration and drug trafficking.

President Trump’s decision to launch his second term by declaring a national emergency at the U.S. border triggered an avalanche of opposition from Democratic governors, liberal members of Congress, and pro-migrant organizations vowing to challenge the constitutionality of his sweeping executive actions.