Justice Department career officials were reassigned to advance Donald Trump's immigration agenda, an official familiar with the matter told USA TODAY.

President Donald Trump told supporters during his Emancipation Hall speech that immigration, not inflation, was key to his second election win.

President Trump has signed several executive orders making sweeping changes to the immigration system. Immigration was one of voters’ top issues in the election, with many supporting Trump’s message that the current system is broken.

The executive orders will include deploying U.S. troops to the southern border, and ending birthright citizenship for children of illegal immigrants.

Immigration is a top issue many Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders want the federal government to focus on this year, according to a new poll.

President Donald Trump is expected to take executive actions Monday that seek to end birthright citizenship, halt protections for transgender Americans, and pardon participants in the Jan. 6 riot.

Immigrants in large cities have been preparing for mass arrests since Trump won election in November. Aaron Ortiz-Santos, an Atlanta-based lawyer who specializes in immigration cases, says many of his clients have been anxious.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio discussed with his Indian counterpart, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, concerns related to "irregular migration" on Tuesday, the State Department said.

President Donald Trump signed a series of stringent executive orders on Monday aimed at curtailing immigration into the United States.