Washington | Piedras Negras, Mexico | President Donald Trump kicked off his sweeping immigration crackdown on Monday (Tuesday AEDT), tasking the US military with aiding border security, issuing a broad ban on asylum and taking steps to restrict citizenship for children born on US soil.
Declaring illegal immigration a national emergency, Mr Trump ordered the Pentagon to provide support for border wall construction, detention space, and migrant transportation, and empowered the secretary of defence to send troops to the border as needed.
