President Trump ordered the Secretary of Homeland Security to expand immigration detention at Naval Station Guantánamo Bay, Cuba to house up to 30,000 people. Since then, U.S. Immigration & and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has transferred at least two flights of migrants from the United States to its detention facility there. |
On his first day in office, President Donald Trump issued an executive order aimed at ending birthright citizenship for babies of undocumented immigrants and for people with temporary status in the U.S. Executive Order 14156: Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship departs from over 125 years of precedent as it sought to abolish the United States’ longstanding policy of unrestricted birthplace-based citizenship. |
Last week, people in states across the country held protests in support of immigrants. From California to Georgia and Illinois to Texas, thousands rallied to fight back against mass deportation, ICE arrests, and the use of Guantanamo Bay as a detention center.
Some cities participated in A Day Without Immigrants, a nationally organized day of protest against Trump’s immigration policies. The protest calls for immigrants to stay home from work and boycott spending money for a day. As a result, businesses across the U.S. had to close for the day.
Immigrants play an important role in keeping the U.S. economy strong. In this blog from the American Immigration Council, we explore immigrants’ contributions in health care, agriculture, construction, and entrepreneurship.
Read more: Immigrants Are Key to Filling US Labor Shortages, New Data Finds |
During his first term in office, President Trump used Section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to suspend the entry of noncitizens at the southern border between ports of entry.
He has since issued an even broader proclamation during his second term. His current order not only suspends the entry of migrants, but also seeks to "repel, repatriate, or remove” any migrant as well as bar them from seeking any form of benefit under the INA which could permit them to remain in the country. The legality of this is highly questionable.
In this updated fact sheet from the Council, we break down Section 212(f) and how presidents, including Trump, have used it.
Read more: Understanding INA Section 212(f): The President’s Authority to Suspend the Entry of Noncitizens
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