Trump signs new anti-immigration order

The White House announced that US President Donald Trump has signed an order to cut off federal benefits for immigrants. This is the latest in Trump's anti-immigration measures.

According to the Associated Press, the White House did not elaborate on the benefits allegedly being cut off; at the same time, the National Immigration Law Center said that the immigrants in question are largely ineligible for federal benefits.

Trump's new order appears to have several goals, one of which is likely to prevent state and local governments from using federal funds to support policies that support asylum seekers.

At the same time, the US president once again called immigrants criminals in offensive remarks; He claimed that the open border policy of the previous administration had caused great damage to the country and that immigrants should be deported.

According to the US Department of Homeland Security, about 5,700 immigrants had been deported as of February 3; it is not yet clear whether this figure includes all immigrants who were deported to their home country or only those who were deported across the border to Mexico.