Trump has said he would move thousands of troops currently stationed overseas to the southern border of the U.S. He has also said he would deploy the U.S. Navy to impose a blockade of fentanyl and fentanyl precursor chemicals from entering the country.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will retake the White House with ambitious plans for broad import tariffs, immigration restrictions and additional tax cuts that analysts see delivering a short-term boost to the economy but also larger budget deficits,

Border security was once a top concern, but falling illegal crossings and concerns around abortion appear to have shifted opinion.

Voters for Kamala Harris and Donald Trump who cast their ballots for Tuesday’s presidential election had vastly different motivations — reflecting a broader national divide on the problems the United States faces.

In November 1994, immigrants and their families found themselves under siege as California voters overwhelmingly passed into law Proposition 187, a ballot initiative that sought to deny basic social services—such as healthcare and education—to undocumented immigrants and their families.

A second administration offers the president-elect another chance to reshape matters at home and abroad.

Both campaigns have made immigration a top issue in the 2024 election with former President Trump making the migrant crisis a centerpiece of his run and said he would carry out the biggest deportation event in American history.

Donald Trump described the United States as an “occupied country,” pointing to both undocumented and legal migrants as he pledged Monday to “rescue every city and town that has been invaded and conquered.

Donald Trump’s immigration plans may mean international students choose other countries, and many aspiring immigrants could be out of luck.

Without any explicit legal protections for climate migrants, the US continues to have a giant blind spot as it abandons those fleeing ecological disaster. Where Democrats have under-delivered — and, in some cases,

AP’s Valerie Gonzalez reports from Starr County, Texas after speaking with voters on Tuesday. Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.