By Ted Hesson and Alexandra Ulmer WASHINGTON/PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Mexico (Reuters) -President Donald Trump on Monday kicked off his sweeping immigration crackdown, tasking the U.S. military with aiding border security,

Migrant shelters in Tijuana - located across the border from San Diego, California - are bracing for a possible surge in the influx of migrants should US President Donald Trump carry out his mass deportation plan.

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

By Ted Hesson, Alexandra Ulmer WASHINGTON/PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Mexico (Reuters) -Newly sworn-in U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he will declare illegal immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border a national emergency,

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis said Donald Trump’s plans to impose mass deportations of immigrants would be a “disgrace,” as he weighed in on the incoming U.S. president’s pledges nearly a decade after calling him “not Christian” for wanting to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexican border.

Trump has vowed that mass deportation will be a day-one priority, saying he has “no choice” but to deport anyone who is in the U.S. illegally.