President Donald Trump has signed a slew of executive orders since reclaiming control of the country, and a fleet of those take aim at the millions of illegal immigrants living in the US.

The Republican put pen to paper on an order that will see those living in the nation without the proper papers will be deported, with the process having already began.

President Donald Trump has taken aim at those living in the US illegally (Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Who is the US’ ‘border czar’?

Firstly, let’s clear up what it means – a czar is person appointed by government to advise on and coordinate policy in a particular area.

Former US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) director Tom Homan was anointed the ‘border czar’ for the Trump administration, soon after the 47th president discovered he’d be moving back into the White House.

Now, speaking to ABC News, the 63-year-old confirmed that following Trump’s signature on a string of executive orders to do with foreigners settling down in the country, any resident who is in the US illegally is ‘on the table’ for deportation.

Homan explained how the military have been deployed to help out at the Mexican border, and how Trump is ‘sending a strong signal to the world, our border’s closed’.

Border czar Tom Homan spoke about deporting illegal immigrants in lengthy ABC interview (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Tom Homan on deporting illegal immigrants

Co-anchor of This Week, Martha Raddatz replied: “So, is this what we will see every single day, ending in what the president has promised is millions and millions being deported?”

Homan responded: “Yes. But you’re going to see the numbers steadily increase, the number of arrests nationwide as we open up the aperture. Right now, it’s concentrating on public safety threats, national security threats. That’s a smaller population.

“So, we’re going to do this on priority base, that’s President Trump’s promise. But as that aperture opens, there’ll be more arrests nationwide.”

He continued: “If you’re in the country illegally, you’re on the table, because it’s not OK to, you know, violate the laws of this country. You got to remember, every time you enter this country illegally, you violated a crime under Title Eight, the United States Code 1325, it’s a crime.

“So, if you’re in a country illegally, you got a problem. And that’s why I’m hoping those who are in the country illegally, who have not been ordered removed by the federal judge, should leave.”

Trump has signed a slew of executive orders since taking control of the Oval Office (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Executive order: ‘Protecting American people against invasion’

The order accuses Biden’s administration of letting ‘millions of illegal aliens’ cross the borders.

“Many of these aliens unlawfully within the United States present significant threats to national security and public safety, committing vile and heinous acts against innocent Americans. Others are engaged in hostile activities, including espionage, economic espionage, and preparations for terror-related activities.” it says.

“Many have abused the generosity of the American people, and their presence in the United States has cost taxpayers billions of dollars at the Federal, State, and local levels.

“Enforcing our Nation’s immigration laws is critically important to the national security and public safety of the United States. The American people deserve a Federal Government that puts their interests first and a Government that understands its sacred obligation to prioritize the safety, security, and financial and economic well-being of Americans.”

President Donald Trump has fired Justice Department lawyers who worked on bringing two criminal cases against him.

It’s been a little more than a week since Trump took his oath of office as the 47th president of the United States on Monday (January 20) and he’s been rather busy, with dozens of executive orders, presidential pardons and policy ideas flying out of the White House.

He sacked more than 1,000 government workers and presidential appointees within hours of his presidency and tore up diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) programs with it, while staff in the Department of Labor responsible for the initiatives were placed on paid leave.

Announcing his plans to ‘Make America Great Again’ on his Truth Social platform, Trump named some of the employees he was letting go and even drew on his old The Apprentice catchphrase as he did so.

Donald Trump has made several changes since taking back the White House last week (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

The post read: “Let this serve as Official Notice of Dismissal for these 4 individuals, with many more, coming soon.

“Jose Andres from the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition, Mark Milley from the National Infrastructure Advisory Council, Brian Hook from the Wilson Center for Scholars, and Keisha Lance Bottoms from the President’s Export Council – YOU’RE FIRED!”

Now, Trump is turning his attention to the justice department team who’d worked on investigating his alleged mishandling of classified documents and of his alleged attempt to overturn his election defeat in 2020.

Jack Smith was appointed special counsel in 2022 to lead his team to investigate the cases which both resulted in criminal charges being brought – to which Trump plead not guilty.

However, the charges were later dropped in November after Trump’s election win, as regulations prohibit the prosecution of a sitting president.

Jack Smith resigned from his role before the president could fire him (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Mr Smith has maintained his professional integrity, writing in the final draft of his report (via the BBC): “The claim from [Trump] that my decisions as a prosecutor were influenced or directed by the Biden administration or other political actors is, in a word, laughable.”

The POTUS pledged to fire Mr Smith ‘within two seconds’ of taking his oath – but he beat him to it and quit before Trump’s inauguration ceremony.

Yesterday (Monday, January 27), Trump fired more than a dozen of attorneys, which a justice department official told CBS News that Acting Attorney General James McHenry concluded they couldn’t ‘be trusted to faithfully implement the president’s agenda because of their significant role in prosecuting the president’.

It remains unclear which members of Mr Smith’s team have been sacked, but many worked in career corruption or as national security prosectors.

Trump’s charges were dropped (MARK PETERSON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

BBC News further reports that staff received their notice on Monday, which outlined how their involvement in investigating and prosecuting the president made them unfit to work in the government department.

Commenting on the matter, former US Attorney Joyce Vance said to NBC News: “Firing prosecutors because of cases they were assigned to work on is just unacceptable. It’s anti-rule of law; it’s anti-democracy.”

But Trump and his supporters have long accused the justice department of pursuing a political agenda against him.

During his re-election campaign, he said the department has been ‘weaponised’ against him, with Pam Bondi, his nominee to lead the department, also agreeing that federal prosecutions mounted to political persecution.

The latest firings come as the justice department has already had a major overhaul and reassignments amongst its top officials, which saw the chief if public integrity section reportedly resign.

Meanwhile, CBS also reported Washington DC’s top federal prosecutor has also revealed an internal review will be launched to assess the charges brought against 200 of the January 6 Capitol rioters, some of whom have received a presidential pardon from Trump.