Fulfilling a campaign promise, President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on Wednesday designed to tighten security along the southern border with Mexico, and to get tough with those who are living illegally in the United States by fully enforcing existing immigration laws.
The first executive order is an effort to push ahead with Mr. Trump’s plans to finish construction of a U.S.-Mexico border wall, one of the most popular campaign pledges he made in 2016.
“The first order in that will be to build a large, physical barrier along the southern border,” said White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer.