In recent remarks to the press, President Donald Trump restated his intention to impose 25% tariffs on U.S. imports from Mexico and Canada as early as Feb. 1. His reasoning: "vast" illegal immigration and "massive" amounts of fentanyl coming to the U.

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Federal agents launched targeted arrest operations while a wave of military troops deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border

Social media users are claiming a video shows US soldiers, military vehicles and drones patrolling a walled-off section of the southern border with Mexico after President Donald Trump declared a national emergency and dispatched additional troops to crack down on illegal immigration.

Washington — President Trump invoked muscular presidential powers to begin a sweeping crackdown on immigration following his inauguration on Monday, tasking the military with border enforcement, moving to designate cartels and gangs as terrorist groups, shutting down asylum and refugee admissions and attempting to terminate birthright citizenship.

As the Trump administration intensifies its crackdown on immigrants who are in the country illegally, officials and agencies took to social media to publicize the arrests.

Migrants in Mexico who were hoping to go to the U.S. are adjusting to a new reality after President Donald Trump began a border crackdown last week.