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It's Thursday, January 23rd.
I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal, and here is the AM edition of what's News, the top headlines and business stories moving your world.
Today, we exclusively report that the Trump administration is taking fresh steps to prepare for carrying out deportations of potentially millions of undocumented immigrants by handing new powers to federal agents.
According to an internal memo seen by the Journal and sent by the acting Secretary of Homeland Security, DHS is granting immigration enforcement authority to several agencies at the Justice Department, including the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the US Marshals Service.
And while FBI agents typically steer clear of deportations, the memo also emphasized that those agents have immigration arrest powers.
Separately, the Pentagon is sending as many as 1,500 active duty troops to monitor and increase security at the southern border.
Defense officials say there have been requests from the Trump administration for up to 10,000 troops, but that they have yet to receive an order to to send more.
Those steps come as lawmakers last night gave final approval on a bill to impose harsher penalties on undocumented immigrants by expanding the list of criminal charges resulting in potential deportation.
In addition to GOP support, a dozen Senate Democrats and 46 House Democrats backed the Lake and Riley act, which could soon become the first legislation to be signed by the president.
New fires are breaking out in the Los Angeles area, forcing tens of thousands of people to evacuate.
Firefighters work through the night north of Santa Clarita, where a fire that started yesterday has already scorched more than 10,000 acres and remains just 14% contained, according to the fire department.
In the early hours of this morning, another fire erupted in Bel Air, just miles from the perimeter of the Palisades fire that destroyed thousands of homes earlier this month.
Officials are warning that dangerous fire conditions will persist through tomorrow.