President Trump identified immigration as the issue that put him over the top in the 2024 election, and now he’s moving quickly to fulfill his promises — taking a slew of actions to recalibrate our immigration system. 

While foes and friends have focused on his directives to end birthright citizenship and designate foreign drug cartels and criminal gangs as terrorist organizations, Trump’s other immigration initiatives will be much more impactful, at least in the short term. 

Almost immediately after taking office, Trump shut down access to the CBP One app for inadmissible migrants seeking quick entry into the United States.

Biden transformed the app, created in Trump’s first term to expedite lawful travel, into a tool to promote illegal entry. Up to 43,500 illegal migrants per month used it to enter unlawfully through border ports