Legislative Background on Immigration Overhaul
Recent Action in the Congress on Immigration
Reducing illegal immigration was a central platform of Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. Although deportations of undocumented immigrations had increased significantly under the President Obama, Trump objected to many of that Administration’s immigration programs and policies, and, as President, took steps early on to reverse or put a hold on them. January 2017 Executive Order. In the first month of his Administration, President Trump signed an Executive Order instructing the secretary of homeland security to prepare congressional budget requests for the construction of a wall along the U.S.–Mexico border, and to “end the abuse of parole and asylum provisions” that…
