Donald Trump will order the deployment of U.S. troops to the southern border among national security directives to be signed soon after he's sworn in as president, incoming White House officials said Monday morning.
Trump, who's scheduled to be sworn in at noon, will sign nearly a dozen executive orders designed to overhaul U.S. border and immigration policy. Among the orders, he will designate international cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and restore the "remain in Mexico" policy.
Remain in Mexico requires migrants to stay south of the border until their immigration hearing instead of being released into the U.S.
Trump also will end "catch and release," by which the Biden administration released illegal migrants into the U.S. to wait for their hearings.
Trump's directives also will further restrict asylum, suspend refugee resettlement for at least six months, and end birthright citizenship for people born to illegal migrants in the U.S.
During the call, officials said the incoming president's moves will be aimed to restore "common sense immigration policy."
One executive order will declare a national emergency at the border. That will allow the deployment of personnel and the ability to erect barriers.
Trump also will restore the death penalty for illegal migrants convicted of killing law enforcement officials.
Before the call, it was reported Trump also will stop the use of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection app to parole migrants into the U.S., and the parole processes for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans.
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