President Donald Trump began his term by taking a series of sweeping immigration executive actions Monday that included declaring a national emergency at the US southern border, immediately ending use of a border app called CBP One that had allowed migrants to legally enter the United States,

Washington — President Trump invoked muscular presidential powers to begin a sweeping crackdown on immigration following his inauguration on Monday, tasking the military with border enforcement, moving to designate cartels and gangs as terrorist groups, shutting down asylum and refugee admissions and attempting to terminate birthright citizenship.

In line with Trump’s edict, CNN’s Natasha Bertrand, Priscilla Alvarez, Haley Britzky and Oren Liebermann report. They’re expected to beef up existing operations to support Customs and Border Protection,