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.

State and local leaders across the country are bracing for a tidal wave of aggressive immigration policies and possible mass deportations that President Donald Trump has vowed to enact in the hours and days following his inauguration Monday.

President Donald Trump's administration has directed federal prosecutors to criminally investigate state and local officials who attempt to resist its immigration enforcement efforts, according to a memo to Justice Department staff seen by Reuters.

Justice Department career officials were reassigned to advance Donald Trump's immigration agenda, an official familiar with the matter told USA TODAY.

The Trump administration fired four top officials at the DOJ’s Executive Office of Immigration Review, which oversees U.S. immigration courts, late Monday.

President Donald Trump's administration has directed U.S. prosecutors to criminally probe state and local officials who resist immigration enforcement efforts, intensifying a sweeping crackdown that Trump launched the day he took office.

Justice Department employees were told to support Donald Trump’s immigration agenda by sharing data collected on people in the country illegally with federal immigration enforcers.