Trump signs executive order declaring national emergency at southern border-Xinhua

Trump signs executive order declaring national emergency at southern border

Source: Xinhua

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2025-01-21 11:43:00

U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order at Capital One arena in Washington, D.C., the United States, Jan. 20, 2025. (Xinhua/Li Rui)

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order to declare a national emergency at the southern border, noting that it is his responsibility as president to "ensure that the illegal entry of aliens into the United States via the southern border be immediately and entirely stopped."

U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order at Capital One arena in Washington, D.C., the United States, Jan. 20, 2025. (Xinhua/Li Rui)

U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order at Capital One arena in Washington, D.C., the United States, Jan. 20, 2025. (Xinhua/Li Rui)

U.S. President Donald Trump shows an executive order he signed at Capital One arena in Washington, D.C., the United States, Jan. 20, 2025. (Xinhua/Wu Xiaoling)