Tom Homan, Trump's border czar, has described what the operation might look like and who could be involved in immigration enforcement.

The incoming administration will need to clear a number of hurdles to enact its plan, immigration experts said.

Margelis Tinoco, a migrant from Colombia, reacts after receiving news that her U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) One appointment was cancelled, on the inauguration day of Donald Trump's second presidential term,

Federal immigration authorities will be permitted to target schools and churches after President Donald Trump revoked a directive barring arrests in “sensitive” areas.

Immigration officers are now allowed to enter locations like schools and churches to conduct raids and deport unauthorized migrants, one day after President Donald Trump took office and signed a series of executive orders on border security.