Five controversial Trump policies on immigration

Donald Trump’s immigration policies continue to provoke debate due to their broad scope and contentious implications.

Proposals include mass deportations, the expansion of enforcement via military and local law agencies, and the use of facilities such as Guantanamo Bay for detention.

Measures like ending the CHNV parole program have curtailed humanitarian pathways for migrants, while policies targeting Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Temporary Protected Status (TPS) are poised to affect longstanding residents and mixed-status families.

Critics argue these efforts could disrupt communities and strain the legal system.

The summary above was drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in our News division. All stories below were reported, written and edited by McClatchy journalists.

María de Jesús Pantoja Chacon, an immigrant from Nicaragua, poses at home in Miami on June 01 , 2024. She has been living in the U.S. for 28 years and is worried about the status of TPS for Nicaraguans. Some South Florida immigrants, both undocumented and documented, are afraid about what could happen to them should Trump win the coming election. By Pedro Portal

NO. 1: AS TRUMP THREATENS DEPORTATIONS, MIAMI’S UNDOCUMENTED GRAPPLE WITH UNCERTAIN FUTURE

Trump says he’ll launch a “historic” deportation if elected again. Some undocumented immigrants are wondering whether they should stay or leave Miami-Dade County. | Published June 6, 2024 | Read Full Story by Syra Ortiz Blanes

Foto de archivo. El expresidente de Estados Unidos y candidato republicano, Donald Trump, elogió este lunes el “excelente trabajo” desempeñado por el Servicio Secreto al capturar al sospechoso de un segundo intento de asesinato en su contra.

NO. 2: IN DEBATE, TRUMP AMPLIFIES FALSE CLAIM THAT HAITIANS ABDUCTED AND ATE PETS IN OHIO

The former president leaned into a debunked claim that Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio have eaten local wildlife and pets. | Published September 11, 2024 | Read Full Story by Max Greenwood

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks during his election night party flanked by family and friends at the Palm Beach County Convention Center on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla. By MATIAS J. OCNER

NO. 3: TRUMP WANTS TO USE THE MILITARY TO DEPORT MILLIONS. EXPERTS SAY IT’S NOT THAT EASY

The president-elect has confirmed that he wants to declare a national emergency to remove undocumented immigrants from the U.S. | Published November 20, 2024 | Read Full Story by Max Greenwood Syra Ortiz Blanes

President-elect Donald J. Trump speaks in front of thousands of spectators at Aero Center Wilmington in Wilmington, N.C. Friday Sept. 23, 2022. By Ken Blevins

NO. 4: TRUMP MOVES TO END REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT AND PAROLE FOR CUBANS, HAITIANS AND VENEZUELANS

President Donald Trump plans to terminate a parole program for migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela in one of his first acts in office. | Published January 20, 2025 | Read Full Story by Michael Wilner

A Miami Herald file photo from the U.S. Navy base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, where Cubans interdicted at sea on their way to Florida shouted, “Liberty, Liberty” from inside a migrant tent camp on Sept. 2, 1994. By JEFFREY A. SALTER

NO. 5: TRUMP PLANS TO SEND AS MANY AS 30,000 DETAINED MIGRANTS TO U.S. NAVY BASE IN GUANTANAMO

President Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum Wednesday to ready a detention facility for migrants in the U.S. | Published January 29, 2025 | Read Full Story by Nora Gámez Torres Michael Wilner Syra Ortiz Blanes Jacqueline Charles

This report was produced with the help of AI tools, which summarized previous stories reported and written by McClatchy journalists. It was edited by journalists in our News division.