President-elect Donald Trump will crack down on border security and domestic immigration enforcement as soon as he returns to office, immigration experts and other allies of the incoming administration say.

According to the latest results, Trump secured 295 electoral votes and more than 73 million supporters turned out to vote on Election Day, clinching re-election to the White House. As of Friday. The victory sharpens his campaign platform, which includes an incredibly hawkish border security proposal. (Related: Court rejects Biden administration’s massive amnesty order for hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants)

The president-elect, who had already established himself as a leading figure in border security during his first term in office, said: A series of campaign promises Border security efforts over the past year included completing the U.S.-Mexico border wall, reinstating the Remain in Mexico program, reinstating the travel ban and adding more Border Patrol agents.

Trump also announced many more innovative promises during his campaign, including a pledge and plan to implement “the largest deportation program in American history.” end Birthright citizenship granted to people born on U.S. soil to illegal immigrant parents.

Trump’s rhetoric and past reputation may already be helping ease the migrant crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border. Upon hearing that he had been elected to a second term, many migrants in southern Mexico expressed despair and chose to leave the U.S.-bound caravan they were traveling in, with Mexican officials saying that about 3,000 migrants He pointed out that the number of incoming caravans has been reduced to about half of the original number. The scale after President Trump declared victory.

Immigration experts who spoke to the Daily Caller News Foundation warn that anti-border groups will fight tooth and nail against the incoming administration, while Americans are anticipating tougher immigration measures seen in President Trump’s first term. He said that we can definitely expect a return to the future.

“America can count on the new Trump administration to do what the previous Trump administration did: apply the Immigration and Nationality Act that Congress wrote, and to apply the rule of law to both the southern border and the legal immigration system.” ,” said Matt O’Brien, director of research at the Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI), a conservative legal group in Washington, D.C. Call for stricter immigration policies.

“The overall goal is to protect the public safety and national security of the United States. It is also important to protect immigrants, especially vulnerable women and children, from exploitation by smugglers and human traffickers,” O’Brien said. He continued. “The only thing it takes to ‘fix’ our immigration system is to make the law work the way Congress intended, and President Trump will do just that.”

When it comes to legislation enacted by Congress, several members of the House and Senate told DCNF that they have their own legislation ready for President Trump once he reenters the Oval Office.

For example, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, will introduce the Jocelyn Justice Act in the next Congress, which honors the 12-year-old Houston girl who was allegedly sexually assaulted and murdered by two illegal immigrants in June. He said he was looking forward to passing the bill. . The bill would require the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to “make every reasonable effort” to keep illegal immigrants in custody before releasing them into the country. According to law.

However, if illegal immigrants are released, the law would require continued GPS monitoring until they are removed from the United States or their immigration proceedings are completed. Texas Republican Rep. Troy Neals has proposed a similar bill in the House.

“In the second Trump administration, the House Homeland Security Committee is committed to returning America to an era of secure borders and strong domestic enforcement,” said Republican Rep. Mark Greene, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee. ” he said. The committee told DCNF: “Ending the Biden-Harris border crisis will require two things: policy changes to stop the flow of foreign nationals being denied entry into our country, and the consequences of illegal entry. further funding for domestic enforcement to prove that

of election results So far, the indications are that Congress is likely to support the incoming Trump administration’s immigration policies. Republicans secured the Senate majority after flipping four different seats in the Senate. There is still no clear winner of the House majority, but Republicans appear to have a slight advantage as votes continue to trickle in.

Local law enforcement and the U.S. Secret Service watch Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) inspect the border wall in Montezuma Pass, Arizona, August 1, 2024. Staff will be watching. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

What legislation President Trump ultimately signs into law or executive order is up for debate, but whatever the president-elect decides to do will face a battle in the courts. That’s for sure.

“No matter what President Trump does, someone will We will sue.” “It depends on finding a judge to rule against him, and it may take a long time for these things to happen.”

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) submitted: 400 legal actions By their count, lawsuits have been filed against Trump and his administration since 2016, and those lawsuits targeted a vast number of Trump’s immigration priorities during his first term. The large liberal organization and others like it say they are ready to take on the Republican Party again as it returns to office.

Even President Joe Biden, who took office on a promise to reverse President Trump’s hawkish border policies. sued by immigrant rights groups In June, he issued an executive order closing most of the southern border crossings in an effort to end the illegal immigration crisis.

The Biden-Harris administration has recorded record numbers of border encounters during its term, with fiscal years 2023 and 2024 seeing the worst number of illegal border crossings on record, according to CBP data. The border crisis began after the administration took nearly 90 executive actions specifically targeting the Trump administration’s first-term immigration policies during its first year in office.

While some of President Trump’s more ambitious goals are likely to take time and survive legal challenges, Ruark said the president-elect could take swift executive action, perhaps on the first day of his administration. pointed out.

“We will end parole abuse,” he said, referring to the CHNV program and similar programs that have allowed more than 500,000 foreign nationals to enter the United States on parole under the Biden administration. Approximately 530,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans entered the country by air under the CHNV initiative.

“I think he’ll be out of the parole program on the first day,” Ruark said. “And people who enter the country while on parole were (and probably still are) allowed to sponsor others to come into the country, which is a complete violation of the law. So President Trump can end it from day one.”

He also said other unilateral actions he expects from President Trump include ending the CBP One app, which has allowed nearly 1 million foreign nationals to make reservations at ports of entry since its initial launch; He cited the withholding of federal funds from sanctuary cities. I’ll get started right away.

The success of immigration policy will also depend largely on cooperation from Mexico, which stands between the U.S. southern border and the millions of illegal immigrants who attempt to cross the border each year. Former Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has reassured Biden that his government will step up its crackdown on illegal immigration bound for the United States and address the historic border encounter.

López Obrador’s successor, Claudia Sheinbaum, took office in October, but questions remain about how Mexico’s leftist leader will fare with Trump. thursday sheinbaum Confirmed He said he had a “cordial” telephone conversation with the president-elect after his victory, but declined to elaborate further on what was discussed. A Trump campaign spokesperson declined to comment on what was said on the phone call when contacted by DCNF.

Despite legal resistance from liberal groups and a lack of cooperation from Mexico, immigration experts expect President Trump to be even tougher on immigrants than he was in his first term.

“I would be surprised and very disappointed if it wasn’t,” Ruark said.

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