Trump Set to Stop US Embassy From Issuing Visas to Citizens of 7 Countries, orders wall to be built on Mexico border [LIST]

U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to sign executive orders today that includes a suspension of visas for citizens of Syria and six other Middle Eastern and African countries; REUTERS reports.

    This was revealed by congressional aides and immigration experts, who asked not to be named, briefed on the matter. Trump gave a hint about this on twitter, saying a big day was planned on national security on Wednesday.

    He is expected to block visas being issued to anyone from Syria, Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. 

 

Similarly,  as part of his promise to reshape the US immigration enforcement policies via executive action, the president today took  his first steps toward fulfilling some of the most contentious pledges that defined his campaign -- building a border wall and punishing "sanctuary cities." Trump has begin moving towards building a wall on the US-Mexico border, boosting border patrol forces and ordering an increase in deportations of undocumented immigrants.

"This is border security. We've been talking about this from the beginning. This is going to bring it over the top," Trump said as he signed the first of two orders during a visit to the Department of Homeland Security, the agency that would implement those actions.

The executive orders also seek to end sanctuary cities and the practice of releasing undocumented immigrants detained by federal officials before trial. White House press secretary Sean Spicer said the executive action directed at sanctuary cities would strip grant funding for cities that "harbor illegal immigrants."