Washington — President Trump invoked muscular presidential powers to begin a sweeping crackdown on immigration following his inauguration on Monday, tasking the military with border enforcement, moving to designate cartels and gangs as terrorist groups, shutting down asylum and refugee admissions and attempting to terminate birthright citizenship.

State and local leaders across the country are bracing for a tidal wave of aggressive immigration policies and possible mass deportations that President Donald Trump has vowed to enact in the hours and days following his inauguration Monday.

President Trump signed a blitz of executive orders on Day 1 regarding immigration. Trump's border czar Tom Homan says more than 300 serious criminals were arrested in the first 24 hours of enforcement.

The orders include declaring a national emergency to deploy military personnel to the border, suspending refugee resettlement and ending birthright citizenship.

President Trump plans to sign executive orders that will fundamentally change how the nation handles immigration, beefing up enforcement and deportations.