Skip to main content
Thursday, October 29, 2026Oct 29

This story is free to read.

Trump will issue executive orders to remake immigration policies; legal, logistical questions remain

Nora Sandigo holds a folder with documents signed by families giving her legal guardianship of their children, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025, in Miami. Since December, Sandigo has become the legal guardian of at least 30 children. She has been doing so for 15 years and is the legal guardian to more than 2,000 children. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
Nora Sandigo holds a folder with documents signed by families giving her legal guardianship of their children, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025, in Miami. Since December, Sandigo has become the legal guardian of at least 30 children. She has been doing so for 15 years and is the legal guardian to more than 2,000 children. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier) Nora Sandigo holds a folder with documents signed by families giving her legal guardianship of their children, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025, in Miami. Since December, Sandigo has become the legal guardian of at least 30 children. She has been doing so for 15 years and is the legal guardian to more than 2,000 children. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)


WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump is going to issue a series of orders aimed at remaking America’s immigration policies, ending asylum access, sending troops to the southern border and ending birthright citizenship, an incoming White House official said.

But it’s unclear how Trump would carry out some of his executive orders, including ending automatic citizenship for everyone born in the country, while others were expected to be immediately challenged in the courts.

The official spoke on the condition of anonymity to preview some of the orders expected later Monday.

Immigrant communities were bracing for the crackdown that Trump, a Republican, had been promising throughout his campaign and again at a rally Sunday just ahead of his inauguration.