The Department of Homeland Security issued new guidance on where federal enforcement officials can apprehend illegal immigrants.

This policy shift reinstates expedited deportations nationwide, sparking fears of devastating impacts on immigrant families and U.S. citizen children.

The directives - which direct immigration officials to use “common sense” - are a departure from a long-standing policy.

The memo is just one example of how President Trump has begun to shift American immigration policy in his first few days in office. In his presidential campaign, Trump vowed to clamp down on immigration and undo Biden-era policies that he said were too permissive and allowed a large influx of undocumented immigrants.

SAN DIEGO — Migrants waiting to enter the US using former Joe Biden’s CBP One app broke down in tears after their appointments were canceled the moment President Trump took office Monday – just the first of the sweeping border actions the new administration prepared for the first day.

The Justice Department has directed prosecutors to investigate any state and local officials who may stand in the way of the Trump administration's efforts

The orders include declaring a national emergency to deploy military personnel to the border, suspending refugee resettlement and ending birthright citizenship.

Signing orders his officials called "common-sense immigration policies," the actions included declaring a national emergency at the U.S. southern border, deploying armed forces, finishing border wall construction, and ending asylum and birthright citizenship.

President Donald Trump began his term by taking a series of sweeping immigration executive actions Monday that included declaring a national emergency at the US southern border, immediately ending use of a border app called CBP One that had allowed migrants to legally enter the United States,

Pro-immigrant groups in Philly promise they'll resist the president's efforts to treat immigrants more harshly.

The move announced Tuesday reverses guidance that for over a decade has restricted two key federal immigration agencies — Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection — from carrying out immigration enforcement in sensitive locations.