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Border Czar Tom Homan and White House Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Trump’s latest anti-immigrant measures on Monday, Trump’s 99th day in office.<\/span>Andrew Leyden\/ZUMA<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n President Donald Trump<\/span> is continuing to prioritize his anti-immigration agenda despite multiple polls in recent days showing<\/a> that <\/strong>most Americans disapprove of it.<\/p>\n On Monday, the White House announced that Trump will sign two executive orders, one directing Attorney General Pam Bondi and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem to draw up a list of sanctuary cities and states that are not complying with the federal government\u2019s deportation orders, and another that will boost law enforcement capabilities to arrest immigrants. <\/p>\n At an early morning briefing alongside Border Czar Tom Homan, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt tried to justify the plan by reiterating the administration\u2019s go-to\u2014and false\u2014trope that undocumented immigrants disproportionately commit crimes in the US. \u201cIt\u2019s quite simple,\u201d Leavitt said. \u201cObey the law, respect the law, and don\u2019t obstruct federal immigration officials and law-enforcement officials when they are simply trying to remove public safety threats from our nation\u2019s communities.\u201d (In reality, research shows<\/a> undocumented immigrants commit crimes at lower rates than US citizens.) The orders come just days after a federal judge blocked<\/a> federal officials from carrying out a previous threat<\/a> to withhold funding from 16 sanctuary jurisdictions.<\/p>\n The Wall Street Journal<\/em> reports<\/a> that Trump will direct the Justice Department to open civil-rights cases against jurisdictions that he believes favor undocumented immigrants over US citizens. The Journal<\/em> reports that the executive order cites at least 25 states that have adopted laws that provide immigrants with lower in-state tuition rates at public universities than those available to U.S. citizens. It is not clear which executive order the directive will be part of.<\/p>\n Also on Monday, the White House debuted a set of lawn signs that appeared to highlight undocumented people who have been arrested since Trump\u2019s return to power. The White House account on X posted<\/a> a video of the signs set to Michael Bubl\u00e9\u2019s rendition of Nina Simone\u2019s song \u201cFeeling Good.\u201d (A representative for Bubl\u00e9\u2014who is Canadian and has spoken out<\/a> against Trump\u2019s desire to annex the country as a 51st state\u2014did not immediately respond to a request for comment about whether Bubl\u00e9 has a statement on the video.)<\/p>\n Under Joe Biden, criminal illegal aliens called the shots. Under President Trump, it\u2019s a new dawn, a new day, a new life for America \u2014 and we’re feeling good. \ud83c\udfb6 pic.twitter.com\/pD7hf1A07G<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 The White House (@WhiteHouse) April 28, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n All this seems like an attempt to distract from the fact that, as I reported<\/a> yesterday, Trump\u2019s poll numbers are in the toilet on the cusp of his 100th day in office, which will come on Tuesday. The polls\u2014from NBC, ABC, and CNN\u2014show that the majority of Americans disapprove of Trump\u2019s second term thus far, with broad disapproval on immigration and border security specifically. His administration\u2019s authoritarian approach has included arresting a judge<\/a> for allegedly helping a man without legal immigration status\u00a0avoid arrest while in her courtroom; deporting<\/a> Venezuelans to a notorious prison in El Salvador without due process; and seeking to deport<\/a> international students who have protested Israel\u2019s war in Gaza, as my colleagues have covered. <\/p>\n Spokespeople for the White House did not respond to requests for comment Sunday about Trump\u2019s poll numbers. But Trump did what he usually does when he\u2019s confronted with unfavorable polls: He claimed they can\u2019t be trusted. In an early morning Truth Social post, Trump called them<\/a> \u201cFAKE POLLS FROM FAKE NEWS ORGANIZATIONS.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n