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| Illegal Immigrants at US-Mexico Border in Tijuana |
BY C STONE | STONE NEWS NETWORK
President Donald Trump signed an executive order which places an additional 1,500 soldiers at the U.S. - Mexico border to help stem illegal immigration.
"If you are thinking about breaking the laws of the United States of America, you will be returned home," Leavitt said of Trump's message. "You will be arrested. You will be prosecuted."
The policy took effect on January 21.
"The effect of this change will be to enhance national security and public safety - while reducing government costs - by facilitating prompting immigration determinations," the notice reads.
It adds that the change will allow the Department of Homeland Security to address "the large volume of aliens" in the US illegally and ensure the "prompt removal...of those not entitled to enter, remain, or be provided relief or protection".
But it goes further. President Trump cancelled the US Refugee Admissions Program using an executive order.
About 1,600 Afghan refugees who were approved to come to the US have had their travel cancelled. About 3,000 other Afghan nationals are waiting in Albania to be resettled to the US. They could be waiting a very long time.
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