Sergio Martínez-Beltrán

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris at a briefing at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025.

Incoming White House officials said Trump is planning to declare a national emergency at the southern U.S. border, which would unlock access to billions in federal funding for border security.

Under the Biden administration, migrants from embattled countries could apply for entry due for humanitarian reasons, without having to attempt to cross into the U.S. illegally.

Migrants who crossed the Rio Grande and entered the U.S. from Mexico are lined up for processing by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023, in Eagle Pass, Texas.

Immigration officials can now enter schools, healthcare facilities and places of worship to conduct arrests, according to a new memo from the Department of Homeland Security.

In his inaugural address, President Trump declared a "national emergency" at the U.S.-Mexico border and outlined a slate of immigration-related changes he wants to make in his second term.

Lee Gelernt with the ACLU said the action goes "way beyond anything that even President Trump has tried in the past."

President Trump has ended so-called humanitarian parole for people from Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela, and Nicaragua, jeopardizing the legal status of nearly 1.5 million immigrants in the U.S.

President Donald Trump speaks before signing the Laken Riley Act in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, in Washington.