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Trump's Immigration Overhaul

The Journal.

2025/01/22
The Journal.

The Journal.

2025/01/22

Shownote

Shortly after taking office on Monday, President Trump signed several immigration executive orders. WSJ’s Michelle Hackman reports on the new administration’s plans to curtail legal and illegal immigration and on the new border czar who’s leading the effor...

Highlights

In the early days of his administration, President Trump launched an aggressive overhaul of U.S. immigration policy through a series of executive actions aimed at reshaping border enforcement and legal immigration frameworks.
11:05
The administration will take 'collaterals'—illegal-immigrant family members—during arrests.
11:20
ICE will now target 'collateral' family members during immigration arrests
14:14
Homan is focusing on criminals, a much smaller group.
17:20
The DoJ will investigate officials obstructing immigration enforcement

Chapters

How Trump Is Reshaping Immigration from Day One
00:00
Why Mass Deportations Were Delayed—but Not Cancelled
07:43
When Raids Turn Families Into Targets
11:20
Who Is Tom Homan—and What’s His Vision for the Border?
14:14
What Stands in the Way of Trump’s Enforcement Machine?
17:20

Transcript

Jessica Mendoza: In the first hours of his presidency, Donald Trump acted swiftly on immigration. Michelle Hackman: All illegal entry will immediately be halted, and we will begin the process of returning millions and millions of criminal aliens back to t...