State and local leaders in Connecticut are reacting to a Department of Justice memo on immigration, which says the Trump administration will prosecute officials who resist its crackdown on illegal immigration.

President Donald Trump signed multiple immigration executive orders upon arrival to the Oval Office Monday evening. He signed an order to attempt to end birthright citizenship, declared a national emergency at the country's southern border and suspended the refugee admissions program, amid a flurry of predicted immigration moves.

Barack Obama attended Trump’s inauguration while wife Michelle decided to skip the ceremony Donald Trump intends to start his second White House term by unleashing more than 100 executive orders and directives.

Shortly after Trump took the oath of office on Monday, he pledged a flurry of actions surrounding immigration and deportation. His stack of orders have left immigrant advocacy organizations in Connecticut scrambling to figure out just what exactly they mean and how he will actually carry them out.