Trump Starts Immigration Crackdown, Enlisting the Military and Testing the Law

From this day forward, the foreign policy of the United States shall champion core American interests and always put America and American citizens first,

the order said

I hope God touches his [Trump's] heart,

said Oralia, a Mexican woman who fled cartel violence in her home state along with her epileptic son

I have no higher responsibility than to defend our country from threats and invasions,

Trump said in his inaugural address at the US Capitol earlier in the day

I will declare a national emergency at our southern border. All illegal entry will immediately be halted, and we will begin the process of returning millions and millions of criminal aliens back to the places in which they came,

Trump said in his inauguration speech to thunderous applause

This is déjà vu of the darkest kind,

said Krish O’Mara Vignarajah, president and CEO of Global Refuge

We don’t know what we are going to do,

she said in Tijuana, Mexico, just on the other side of the border from San Diego

I am afraid for my children, that they will live the terror of not seeing their mother for a day, for a month, for a year,

said Erlinda, 45, who asked to be identified by first name only due to fears of being detained

The Cartels functionally control, through a campaign of assassination, terror, rape, and brute force nearly all illegal traffic across the southern border of the United States,

the order reads

This is a complaint that I have heard nobody raise,

he said

Since we are here, please let us in,

said Yaime Perez, a 27-year-old Cuban

All illegal aliens seeking entry into the United States should turn back now,

he wrote

Please, after all the work we have put in to get here, let us enter your country, so that we can better ourselves in life and be somebody,

she said

I'm fine with legal immigration. I like it. We need people, and I'm absolutely fine with it. We want to have it,

he said

The federal government will not recognise automatic birthright citizenship for children of illegal aliens born in the United States. We are also going to enhance vetting and screening of illegal aliens."

Citing the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution, the official said in a briefing

We are establishing the External Revenue Service to collect all tariffs, duties and revenues. It will be massive amounts of money pouring into our treasury, coming from foreign source,

he said

We will be a rich nation again, and it is that liquid gold under our feet that will help to do it,

he said

We're going to end asylum,

White House deputy press secretary Anna Kelly told reporters,

We have had birthright citizenship for centuries, and a president cannot take it away with an executive order,

he told AFP

We didn't give it to China, we gave it to Panama. And we're taking it back,

said Trump, who has previously not ruled out using military force against Panama

This is about national security. This is about public safety, and this is about the victims of some of the most violent, abusive criminals we've seen enter our country in our lifetime, and it ends today,

she said