00:00Donald Trump is expected to take a slew of executive actions on his first day as
00:05president to ramp up immigration enforcement and roll back legal entry
00:10programs, according to three sources who spoke with Reuters. Here's what the
00:14president-elect could do once he takes office. Executive actions proposed by
00:18Trump would give federal immigration officers more latitude to arrest people
00:23with no criminal records, surge troops to the US-Mexico border, and restart
00:28construction of the border wall. Trump is also expected to end President Joe
00:32Biden's humanitarian programs that allowed hundreds of thousands of
00:36migrants to enter legally in recent years and could encourage those with
00:40expired statuses to leave voluntarily. Migrant arrests reached a record during
00:45Biden's presidency, straining US border enforcement. But illegal crossings fell
00:50dramatically this year as Biden instituted new border restrictions and
00:54Mexico stepped up enforcement. The US Department of Homeland Security
00:58estimated there were 11 million immigrants without legal status in 2022,
01:03a figure that may have increased. Trump said Tom Homan would become his
01:07border czar. The former acting director of US Immigration and Customs
01:11Enforcement from 2017 to 2018 under Trump is expected to play a central role
01:17in Trump's plan for border security. Stephen Miller, architect of Trump's
01:21restrictive first term immigration agenda, is set to return as a deputy
01:26chief of staff for policy. And Reuters reported that Trump plans to nominate
01:30South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem to become secretary of the U.S. Department
01:35of Homeland Security. The agency's sprawling mission includes border
01:39security. She took a hardline stance on illegal immigration and made several
01:43trips in recent years to the US-Mexico border, which she called a war zone in
01:48January. Sources have told Reuters that Trump intends to scrap Biden
01:52administration guidance that prioritize people with serious criminal records
01:57for deportation and limited enforcement against non criminals. The Trump border
02:01would call for deportations to prioritize people charged with felonies
02:06and people who have exhausted their legal avenues to remain. But the order
02:10would not restrict officers from picking up other potentially deportable
02:14immigrants. Trump's transition effort remains in its early stages and plans
02:19could change before his inauguration on January 20th. A Trump spokesperson did
02:24not respond to a request for comment.
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