Trump promises harsh immigration limits, says 'By the time the sun sets tomorrow…'

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US-President elect Donald Trump promised to impose severe limits on immigration on his first day in office, vowing to quickly fulfill the central promise of his presidential campaign at a rally on January 19, a day before he returns to power.

"By the time the sun sets tomorrow, the invasion of our country will have come to a halt," he said at a 'Make America Great Again Victory Rally' at the Capital One Arena in Washington, DC.

Trump has repeated his campaign pledge to launch the largest deportation effort in US history, which would likely remove millions of immigrants.

"This is the greatest political movement in American history, and 75 days ago, we achieved the most epic political victory our country has ever seen," he said. "Starting tomorrow, I will act with historic speed of strength and fix every single crisis facing our country."

The event marked his first major address in Washington since his speech on January 6, 2021, which was followed by the storming of the US Capitol by an angry mob of his supporters. Trump has said he will pardon many of the more than 1,500 people convicted or charged in connection with the attack.

Trump vowed to repeal "every radical and foolish executive order of the Biden administration" within hours of assuming the presidency.

Trump's deportation plans have unsettled immigrants who face removal, including some who immigrant advocates say are law-abiding, long-term residents with US-citizen spouses and children.

Trump said he would "get radical woke ideologies the hell out of our military" and order the military to construct a missile defense shield over the US, though he has yet to offer details on how to carry it out.

He also pledged to release classified documents relating to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy in 1963 and his brother Senator Robert Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., both in 1968.

(With inputs from Reuters)