Trump's takes first step on immigration, declares national emergency on southern border

Within hours of being sworn in as the 47th president of the United States, Donald Trump launched his first salvo on the problem of runaway immigration when he declared a national emergency on the U.S. southern border.

During his inaugural address, Trump announced the declaration as his "first" executive order to restore America using "common sense."

"All illegal entry will immediately be halted and we will begin the process of returning millions and millions of criminal aliens back to the places from which they came," he promised. "We will reinstate my Remain in Mexico policy, I will end the practice of catch and release, and I will send troops to the southern border to repel the disastrous invasion of our country.”

His predecessor Joe Biden's poor handling of immigration was a major impetus for Trump's decisive election win, and his speech shows he fully intends to make good on his promises to fix the border and stop the millions of illegal immigrants that have come across it every year under Biden.

“As Commander in Chief, I have no higher responsibility than to defend our country from threats and invasions, and that is exactly what I am going to do,” Trump said. “We will do it at a level that nobody has ever seen before.”

Trump did a good job of slowing immigration down during his first term in office, so it stands to reason that he could do it again now.