EXCLUSIVE: President-elect Trump will order the deployment of American troops to southern border, eradicating Biden-era parole policies and designating international cartels as foreign terrorist organizations — in a series of nearly a dozen executive orders designed to radically overhaul U.S. border and immigration policy.
Fox News has obtained exclusive details on three of the expected 11 executive orders Trump will sign regarding border security and immigration after his inauguration.
In one order, Trump will immediately direct the federal government to resume construction of the border wall, which was largely completed under the Biden administration. This order will also end Biden-era parole policies, including the use of the CBP One app to release migrants to the United States, and parole processes for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans (CHNV) – under which 30,000 nationals were subject to parole each month. allowed to fly and be admitted on parole. Nearly 1.5 million migrants have been allowed entry under CHNV and CBP One.
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SIERRA VISTA, ARIZONA – AUGUST 22: Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump walks along the U.S.-Mexico border on August 22, 2024, south of Sierra Vista, Arizona. (Photo by Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)
The order will also direct government agencies to restore the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP)known as the Remain in Mexico policy. That Trump-era policy, ended by the Biden administration, required migrants to stay in Mexico for the duration of their asylum hearing.
A second order will order the deployment of U.S. troops to the border under the command of U.S. Northern Command and “direct the military to prioritize our own borders and territorial integrity in the strategic planning of its operations.” He will direct the military to prioritize territorial integrity and the U.S. border in strategic planning.
The Secretary of Defense will be required to provide a unified command plan and military assets will be integrated with federal law enforcement and intelligence “to ensure smooth operations and maximum effectiveness,” according to a fact sheet on the order .
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“This executive order sends a clear message that the United States intends to exercise sovereignty over its territory and borders and that the armed forces have a role to play in protecting our borders,” Fox News said. .
A third order will designate international cartels and organizations, including MS-13 and the bloodthirsty Tren de Aragua, as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) and Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs). An FTO designation allows targeted actions against members, including financial sanctions.
This March 2, 2019, file photo shows a Customs and Border Control agent patrolling the U.S. side of a barbed wire-covered border wall along Mexico, east of Nogales, Arizona. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Stating that the organizations operate as quasi-governments in some areas and flood the United States with criminals and drugs, the order will declare the groups a threat to national security and invoke the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to put an end to their operations.
These will be three of 11 border-related executive orders that Trump is expected to sign on Monday. He is expected to announce some during his inauguration speech, and others during dedications at the White House.
It is the clearest sign yet from the new administration that it fully intends to fulfill its core campaign promise to secure the southern border and launch a historic mass deportation campaign.
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It follows a years-long crisis at the southern border that began in 2021 and continued through 2024, slowing after increased action by Mexico and an executive order from Biden in June that blocked migrants from applying for immigration. ‘asylum.
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Trump named Tom Homan, former director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), “border czar” to oversee border security and the deportation operation. He also named South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem as the next DHS secretary.
“Border security must remain a top priority” Noem told lawmakers Friday.
