Immigrants seeking asylum in the US in a makeshift camp between US and Mexico borders reach out through the bars of the barrier. Only half their faces and some hands can be seen through the gaps in the fence.Image source, Getty Images
ByBernd Debusmann Jr and Mike Hills
  • Published2 hours ago

Immigration has always been central to Donald Trump's message.

When he famously stepped onto the golden escalator at Trump Tower to announce his candidacy for his first presidential term in 2015, he accused Mexico for of sending drugs and crime north of the border - and it's been a constant rallying cry ever since.

Some of his first-term ambitions to stem the flow of would-be immigrants were constrained by the courts.