President Donald Trump has promised swift action on immigration, asylum and border security as he takes office today.

"My office is a law enforcement entity. We are going to follow the constitution and uphold the law," Krasner said as Trump officials threatened consequences for uncooperative local officials.

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President Donald Trump has promised a wave of deportations, which has caused fear and anxiety in New York City.

The notion that America is being invaded has become the defining theme of Mr Trump’s immigration policy. Hours after his inauguration the president issued ten executive orders on immigration and border enforcement “to repel the disastrous invasion of our country”.

State and local leaders across the country are bracing for a tidal wave of aggressive immigration policies and possible mass deportations that President Donald Trump has vowed to enact in the hours and days following his inauguration Monday.

President Donald Trump appeared to focus on immigration and energy in his first executive orders following his inauguration.

President Donald Trump began his term by taking a series of sweeping immigration executive actions Monday that included declaring a national emergency at the US southern border, immediately ending use of a border app called CBP One that had allowed migrants to legally enter the United States,

Immigrants rights groups are already contesting President Trump's sweeping executive orders aimed at combating illegal immigration.