The Trump administration is forging ahead with a range of border security efforts, including implementing penalties for those in the U.S. illegally who don’t self deport and expanding detention facility capacity for those being apprehended.

The Trump White House carried out a wide-ranging crackdown on illegal immigration by sending military troops to the southern border, and by increasing arrests and deportations. Refugees from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela had their status revoked while the U.S. refugee resettlement program was paused.

The Trump administration plans to fine migrants under deportation orders up to $998 a day if they fail to leave the U.S., according to documents reviewed by Reuters.

A group of House Democrats will visit the southern border in California on Friday to "conduct oversight of Trump admin border policies firsthand."

The Department of Homeland Security takes steps that it says will allow for the immediate construction of about 2.5 miles of a new border barrier in California.

A waiver issued by the Department of Homeland Security allows the federal government to bypass environmental regulations and begin construction immediately on stretches of the border wall in Southern