Donald Trump made immigration one of his signature issues in each of the past 3 elections. 
This page examines the immigration policies of his Administration and what immigrants can do to protect themselves from anti-immigration policies promulgated by the White House.
He has promised mass deportations, attempted to end birthright citizenship and has proposed many other anti-immigrant measures.
We will continue to report on his policies, both on deportations and in limiting legal immigration to the U.S.
Attorney Shusterman has been featured as an authority on the President’s immigration policies in the ABA Journal, Computerworld, the New York Times and dozens of other media outlets.
On January 20, 2025, he issued over a dozen Executive Orders regarding immigration.
We participated in a webinar on the President’s Immigration Policies (which you can watch online) in which we discussed the following subjects:
- Denaturalization
- Mass Deportations
- Building a Wall
- Muslim Travel Ban
- Asylum, TPS & DACA
- Temporary Work Visas
- Green Cards
- Birthright Citizenship
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NEWS (2024-Present)
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- Addressing Egregious Actions of The Republic of South Africa (2-07-25)
- Judge blocks Trump’s birthright citizenship order nationwide (2-05-25)
- President Wants to Break California’s Sanctuary State Law: 5 Things to Know (1-28-25)
- DOJ Orders Crackdown on Local Efforts to Block Immigration Enforcement (1-22-25)
- President’s America First Priorities (1-20-25)
- Declaring a National Emergency at the Southern Border of the United States (1-20-25)
- Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship (1-20-25)
- Designating Cartels and Others Organizations as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (1-20-25)
- ICE faces budget shortage that could delay the President’s mass deportation plans (12-18-24)
- The Immigrants Most Vulnerable to the Mass Deportation Plans Entered the Country Legally (12-5-24)
- Immigration Policy in a Second Term: What Families and Employers Need to Know (12-3-24)
- How Sanctuary Cities Are Preparing for Mass Deportation Plans (11-26-24)
- Inside President’s plan for mass deportations (11-6-24)
- DJT vs. Harris on immigration: Future policy proposals (9-9-24)
- Immigration Principles and Policies
NEWS (2017)
First Term (2017-2021)
In 2016, he promised to build a wall on our southern border and have Mexico pay for it. He called Mexicans criminals and rapists. He also implemented a travel ban on people from many Muslim-majority countries.
During his first week in office in 2017, he issued 3 executive orders: (1) to build a wall; (2) to end federal funding of sanctuary cities; and (3) to halt the resettlement of refugees in the US and to suspend immigration from 7 countries in the Middle East.
The travel ban was a series of executive actions that restricted entry into the United States by certain foreign nationals, beginning with Executive Order 13769, issued on January 27, 2017.
It was labeled as a “Muslim ban” and became widely known as such since the ban mostly impacted countries with predominantly Muslim populations. In addition to the restrictions on entry by foreign nationals, North Korea was the only country targeted with a reverse travel ban, prohibiting American citizens from traveling to North Korea.
On January 20, 2021, newly inaugurated president Joe Biden issued a proclamation revoking the travel bans, with the exception of the reverse travel ban prohibiting American citizens from traveling to North Korea.
- ICE Denies Stay of Deportation for Sanchez Family (8-15-17)
- Self-Deportation Dividing Oakland Family (8-10-17)
- President Will Not Deport Dreamers (Only Their Parents) (6-16-17)
- 4th Circuit Court of Appeals Decision Striking Down President’s Revised Travel Ban (5-25-17)
- Over 41,000 arrests in the 100 days since President signed Immigration Enforcement Executive Orders (5-18-17)
- Executive Orders on Protecting the Homeland (3-31-17)
- President Signs New Travel Ban, Exempts Iraq (3-06-17)
- Q&A: Protecting The Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry To The United States (3-06-17)
- President’s New Travel Ban Will Exempt Existing Visa Holders (2-28-17)
- President on Immigration – LA Daily Journal Interview with Attorney Shusterman (2-10-17)
- 9th Circuit’s Decision on President’s Travel Ban (2-9-17)
- Live Stream Oral Arguments on President’s Travel Ban Before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals (2-7-17)
- President’s Appeal in the 9th Circuit Court for his Travel Ban (2-7-17)
- State of Washington’s Response to Executive Order (2-7-17)
- Appeals Court Refuses to Restore Travel Ban Yet (2-5-17)
- President Appeals Travel Ban Ruling (2-4-17)
- Temporary Restraining Order on President’s Travel Ban (2-3-17)
- President Signs Executive Order on ‘Extreme Vetting’ for Immigrants (1-27-17)
- President Names Former Director of Anti-Immigration Organization as Chief of Staff of CBP (1-26-17)
- President’s Executive Order: Protecting the Nation from Terrorist Attacks (No Refugees) (1-26-17)
- The President Expected to Impose Temporary Ban on Refugees from the Middle East Tomorrow (1-24-17)
The President’s Policies on Immigration (Wikipedia)
- Immigration Policy of the President
- Birthright Citizenship
- Mass Deportations
- The Wall
- The Travel Ban
- Travel Ban – Executive Order 13769
- Remain in Mexico
- Family Separation Policy
Project 2025 on Immigration