Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents appear to have stepped up their detention of unauthorized immigrants, taking more than 500 people into custody on Thursday, almost twice the average number of daily arrests late last year.

President Trump, in his first days in office, has released a series of executive orders that will reshape the country’s immigration system. We lay out the key changes.

The president is making good on his campaign promise with attempts to beef up security at the border and limit immigration.

By Ana B. Ibarra Back in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump is once again trying to break a policy California Democrats adopted during his first term to protect certain undocumented immigrants from being deported.

SAN ANTONIO - US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are now able to enter churches and schools to arrest migrants who are suspected of being in the coun

Hatred now has a home in the Oval Office - and the US President's entirely pliant Cabinet will be under constant pressure to implement policies rooted in it

An estimated 11.7 million people are living in the U.S. illegally, and ICE currently has the budget to detain only about 41,000.

President Donald Trump wasted no time announcing steps to implement many of his campaign pledges, including on immigration, energy, the military and federal workforce, casting many as reversing the policies of his predecessor, Joe Biden.

Daniel DePetris is a fellow at Defense Priorities and a foreign affairs columnist for the Chicago Tribune. Submit a letter, of no more than 400 words, to the editor here or email [email protected].

Expedited removal allows U.S. immigration officials to deport migrants who lack proper documents through a streamlined process that bypasses the lengthy and massively backlogged immigration court system.

Border czar Tom Homan told NBC News that several people with criminal convictions were apprehended in Chicago.