The Department of Homeland Security issued new guidance on where federal enforcement officials can apprehend illegal immigrants.

President Donald Trump signed more executive orders aimed at shutting down the southern border, but the details on how migrants would be blocked from crossing remain unclear.

The Department of Homeland Security has lifted restrictions on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers, allowing enforcement actions, including arrests, to take place in previously protected "sensitive" areas like hospitals.

This policy shift reinstates expedited deportations nationwide, sparking fears of devastating impacts on immigrant families and U.S. citizen children.

The directives - which direct immigration officials to use “common sense” - are a departure from a long-standing policy.

Trump has rescinded long-standing policies restricting immigration enforcement in sensitive areas such as schools, churches, and hospitals.

Immigration scholars break down some of the immigration terms that are likely to become common during the Trump administration’s first months.

President Donald Trump’s administration has lifted restrictions on arrests of undocumented immigrants at or near locations, such as schools, hospitals and churches.

President Donald Trump wasted no time kicking off his overhaul of U.S. immigration policies on his very first day in office

The orders include declaring a national emergency to deploy military personnel to the border, suspending refugee resettlement and ending birthright citizenship.

Nearly one million people were granted parole in the United States as they pursued their asylum cases through the application. At least 30,000 CBP One appointments across the southern border were canceled, with over 270,000 migrants continuing to log in daily to seek an appointment.

A memo asserts that state and local officials are bound to cooperate and could face criminal prosecution or civil penalties if they fail to comply.