Trump's Immigration Overhaul
The Journal.
2025/01/22
Trump's Immigration Overhaul
Trump's Immigration Overhaul

The Journal.
2025/01/22
Shownote
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
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.
Chapters
Chapters
How Trump Is Reshaping Immigration from Day One
00:00Why Mass Deportations Were Delayed—but Not Cancelled
07:43When Raids Turn Families Into Targets
11:20Who Is Tom Homan—and What’s His Vision for the Border?
14:14What Stands in the Way of Trump’s Enforcement Machine?
17:20Transcript
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...