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,

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

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.

President Donald Trump's promise of mass deportation is stoking fear across Chicago. From Chinatown to Little Village, individuals and many families are fearing the prospect of separation as numerous published reports said federal agents may be planning an immigration raid in the near future.

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.