Trump begins immigration crackdown with moves to end birthright citizenship, deploy the military to the border and more

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : Mr. Trump's order directed officials to launch a review of whether restarting refugee admissions is in the national interest.
57% : The U.S. military has had a presence along the U.S.-Mexico border for the past several decades, mostly to provide operational assistance to Customs and Border Protection.
37% : Mr. Trump issued a blitz of executive actions to start reshaping federal immigration and border policies, many of which are expected to face significant legal challenges.
28% : The Biden administration had rebuilt refugee admissions after they fell to a record low at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic due to travel limits and drastic Trump-era cuts to the program.
20% : Washington -- President Trump invoked muscular presidential powers to begin a sweeping crackdown on immigration following his inauguration on Monday, tasking the military with border enforcement, moving to designate cartels and gangs as terrorist groups, shutting down asylum and refugee admissions and attempting to terminate birthright citizenship.

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