ATOTONILCO DE TULA, Mexico — When Dayana Castro heard that the U.S. asylum appointment she waited over a year for was canceled in an instant, she had no doubt: She was heading north any way she could.

SAN DIEGO — Migrants waiting to enter the US using former Joe Biden’s CBP One app broke down in tears after their appointments were canceled the moment President Trump took office Monday – just the first of the sweeping border actions the new administration prepared for the first day.

Award-winning Washington Times journalist and long-time immigration expert Stephen Dinan says on the podcast that such special forces missions, as well as other possible U.S. troop deployments in the illegal immigration crackdown, are “being heatedly debated ” among Mr. Trump’s inner national security circle.

After India, Venezuela to Accept its Migrants Deported by Trump | Firstpost America | N18G | N18G Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro addressed the nation, saying that he is willing to take back Venezuelan migrants who will be deported by US President Donald Trump.

On Saturday, the U.S. men’s national team will face Venezuela in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The friendly is an opportunity for the United States to build positive momentum under new head coach Mauricio Pochettino.

Nidia Montenegro fled violence and poverty at home in Venezuela, survived a kidnapping as she traveled north into Mexico, and made it to the border city of Tijuana on Sunday for a U.S. asylum appointment that would finally reunite her with her son living in New York.

US President Donald Trump declared a national emergency at the US-Mexico border, and he plans to send his troops to help support immigration agents and restrict access to refugees and asylum seekers.

This was the first time in recent memory that military aircraft were used to fly migrants out of the country, one U.S. official said.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s first visit to Latin America will be only to certain US allies, including a very complex meeting in Panama.

U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) have introduced the Removing Our Unsecure Technologies to Ensure Reliability and Security (ROUTERS) Act, a bipartisan effort aimed at protecting American communications networks from the threats posed by foreign-adversary-controlled technology.

A series of immigration executive actions signed by President Donald Trump on the first day of his second term included a call for the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang as a global terrorist organization.