When Donald Trump took office in 2017 with promises to crack down on immigration, he was met by widespread protests that filled churches, airports and union halls as Democratic lawmaker vowed to fight the new Republican president at every turn.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said more than 950 people were arrested in operations nationwide, just Sunday. ICE confirms that they have begun what they are calling targeted operations in Chicago. The sweeping effort felt in the city and the suburbs. Immigration and Custom Enforcement says 956 arrests were made nationwide.

While Trump has promised "mass deportations" and arrests, it remains unclear how much of his plan is already being implemented. Here is a breakdown of some of the significant acti

President Donald Trump has begun his second administration with a series of controversial moves and decisions.

Trump signing the order on Day 1 is "testing the outer limits of executive branch power in the immigration sphere," Erin Corcoran, executive director of Notre Dame University’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, said.

President Donald Trump is pushing forward with his agenda in the busy opening days of his second term, with an immigration enforcement blitz targeting Chicago now underway. Follow for live updates.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement had yet another busy day on Sunday, arresting nearly 1,000 people and lodging 554 detainers, as President Donald Trump attempts to secure the border.

With President Donald Trump's administration getting into swing, immigration lawyers are preparing for changes to the immigration system.

Among his first actions back in office, Trump declared a national emergency at the border, which will free up military funding to build more sections of a border wall, support operations to stop border crossings, and send troops to the southern border to, as he said in his Inaugural Address, “repel the disastrous invasion of our country.”

This is where Mr Trump’s talk of an “invasion” becomes more than rhetorical bombast. Framing the cartels as terrorists invading America is meant to legitimise his use of the law. And because America is being invaded, Mr Trump argues, he can block anyone from crossing the border. The courts may not see it that way. ■

The president has a short window to fulfill a long list of promises that include fixing illegal immigration, slashing government spending and ending the war in Ukraine.