The pause on several initiatives that allowed immigrants to enter the country temporarily will block the entrance of people fleeing some of the most unstable and desperate places in the world.

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

The administration of President Donald Trump has ordered U.S. prosecutors to initiate criminal investigations against state and local officials who refuse to enforce immigration laws. A copy of the document obtained by Reuters and CNN shows that a new Department of Justice memo outlines the Trump administration's plans to "prosecute state and