The Trump administration’s new requirement for immigrants in the country to register with the federal government has prompted swift backlash from advocacy groups. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Tuesday evening that U.

The Trump administration has created a registry for illegal migrants to submit their personal information or else face penalties such

In one of his 10 inauguration day executive orders related to immigration, President Donald Trump initially outlined plans for creating a registry and required that Homeland Security “immediately announce and publicize information about the legal obligation of all previously unregistered aliens in the United States to comply.”

Under existing rules, immigrants in the U.S. illegally are committing a civil offense and can be detained and deported on that basis, but aren’t considered to be committing a crime.

The administration is giving itself another tool to use against many immigrants, particularly the threat of criminal prosecution,” said Nayna Gupta, director of policy at the