Trump wasted no time on his immigration blitz. The numbers you should know
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President Donald Trump wasted no time kicking off his overhaul of U.S. immigration policies on his very first day in office. In his inaugural address this week in Washington, D.C., President Donald Trump made good on his threats to crack down on the border, announcing a slew of drastic executive orders targeting immigration on his very first day in office.
![[A family from Venezuela tries in vain to access the CBP One app a day after the second inauguration of President Donald Trump]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/21/18/2195125781.jpg)
Of the dozens of executive orders Trump has signed so far, at least six have been specifically aimed at immigration. One of them declared a national emergency at the southern border between the United States and Mexico, allowing his administration to quickly gain access to federal funding for the border wall. At least 1,5000 troops are now reportedly being ordered to the border, putting the Pentagon in a tailspin.
![[Encounters with migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border peaked in December 2023 but have plummeted since then]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/22/02/SR_24.09.20_MigrantEncounters_1.jpg)
In an unprecedented executive order, Trump declared his intention to revoke the right to birthright citizenship — which is protected by the 14th Amendment — effective from February, a move that already faces legal challenges by 22 states and activist groups. It’s unclear how Trump would even go about ending the right, but if it were to be revoked, babies born in the United States would no longer be automatically eligible for citizenship under certain conditions.
Since signing these orders, Trump has also disabled the CBP One app effective immediately, leaving families waiting for appointments at the border in the lurch as their appointments were suddenly cancelled. Birthright citizenship is protected by the 14th amendment, which was adopted in 1868 and states that “all persons born or naturalised in the United States […] are citizens.”.
