President Donald Trump will not impose tariffs on Mexico for at least a month as the two sides continue to negotiate on how to counter illegal immigration and drug trafficking at the border.

President Donald Trump is preparing to send around 10,000 troops to the southern border, where they will support Border Patrol agents under new orders to shut off access to asylum, according to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection briefing document obtained by The Washington Post.

From behind his desk in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump signed a flurry of executive orders and decrees aimed at cracking down on immigration.

From one order tackling the definition of birthright citizenship, to another declaring illegal immigration at the border a national emergency, Trump swiftly made moves on his promises to tighten the US-Mexico border.

But some of his plans - particularly around changing the definition of birthright citizenship - are likely to face significant hurdles.

President-elect Donald Trump's incoming administration is reconsidering plans for immigration raids in Chicago next week after details were leaked, Trump's “border czar” Tom Homan told the Washington Post in an interview on Saturday.

The new administration “hasn’t made a decision yet,” said Homan, the former acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to the report. “We’re looking at this leak and will make decision based on this leak,” he added.

A stretch of border barrier constructed in 2022 under then-Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey was later removed following pushback from the federal government. AllSides highlights content from Gigafact, a network of newsrooms that respond to online claims. View the full fact brief on AZCIR.

Undocumented immigrants account for less than 2% of Oklahoma’s total prison population as of 2024. AllSides highlights content from Gigafact, a network of newsrooms that respond to online claims. View the full fact brief on Oklahoma Watch.

 Americans have grown less welcoming toward immigrants living in the U.S. illegally since Donald Trump's first presidency but remain wary of harsh measures like using detention camps for Trump's promised mass deportation effort, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found.

Some 33% of respondents in the poll, conducted Dec. 5-10, said most or all immigrants without legal status should be allowed to stay in the United States, down from 39% in Reuters/Ipsos polling conducted in 2017, early in Republican President-elect Trump's first four-year term.