PolitiFact - Trump did not sign any major immigration laws, but he did issue orders that changed policy

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PolitiFact - Trump did not sign any major immigration laws, but he did issue orders that changed policy
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No major immigration laws passed during Donald Trump’s presidency, as GOP rival Chris Christie pointed out. But Trump’s executive branch oversaw hundreds of changes with major consequences.

ntial primary. Since announcing his candidacy, Christie, a former New Jersey governor, has blamed Trump for the chaos at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, for the ballooning national debt and for illegal immigrants"pouring over our southern border."

Trump’s immigration policies made a lot of news while he was in office, but Christie is largely correct that Trump did not sign any major immigration law during his presidency. What Christie’s statement dismisses, however, is the impact of Trump’s executive orders and Congress did approve money for a border structure.

And Trump’s administration"set an unprecedented pace" for executive actions, notching 472 changes, the institute"The Trump administration was arguably the first to take full advantage of the executive branch’s vast authority on immigration," the report states.

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