Trump Revives Alien Registration Law for Illegal Migrants

Trump Revives Alien Registration Law for Illegal Migrants

President Donald Trump is restarting the enforcement of a 1940 law that requires migrants to register their names and fingerprints with federal agencies, or else face criminal penalties that could accelerate their deportation and bar their legalization.

“The Trump administration will enforce all our immigration laws—we will not pick and choose which laws we will enforce,” said a Department of Homeland Security statement. “We must know who is in our country for the safety and security of our homeland and all Americans.”

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