Trump orders construction of border wall, boosts deportation force

A woman and children walk beside the border wall and fence separating the United States from Mexico on October 11, 2016 in Nogales, Arizona, across the border barrier from Nogales, Sonora.  



Trump signed two executive orders directing the construction of a wall on the US-Mexico border, boosting border patrol forces and increasing the number of immigration enforcement officers who carry out deportations. The orders also call for stripping sanctuary cities of federal grant funding and announced sweeping new criteria that could make many more undocumented immigrants priorities for deportation.
 
"Beginning today, the United States of America gets back control of its borders," Trump told employees of the Department of Homeland Security at the department's headquarters in Washington.
But while Trump directed the "immediate construction of a physical wall on the southern border," the executive orders do not cover the cost of the wall. Trump has repeatedly promised that Mexico will reimburse US taxpayers for the construction costs, a suggestion Mexican officials have rejected out of hand.
 
The president's moves sent alarm bells ringing in immigrant activist circles, where questions had continued to swirl about whether Trump would truly implement many of the hard-line immigration policies he articulated during his campaign.

Comments

Unknown said…
Ghen ghen this one na serious war Ooooooh. I just hope it doesn't raise dust between these countries. As for the unregistered immigrants, na one chance dem just enter so....
Unknown said…
Ghen ghen this one na serious war Ooooooh. I just hope it doesn't raise dust between these countries. As for the unregistered immigrants, na one chance dem just enter so....

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