GEOFF BENNETT: Welcome to the "News Hour."

President Donald Trump's second term in the White House began with a flurry of unilateral actions, and he's showing no signs of slowing down.

AMNA NAWAZ: Day by day, the president's hard-line immigration policy is taking shape.

A new executive order targeting migrants at the southern border comes as the U.S. military is beefing up its presence there.

Lisa Desjardins starts our coverage.

LISA DESJARDINS: On his second full day in office from President Trump, more executive orders, today, directing agencies to remove undocumented migrants at the border and military orders, as the Pentagon announced it will start deploying up to 1,500 active troops to the border.

They will join the roughly 2,500 National Guardsman and reservists there now and have a support role, including logistics and construction, this news the same day that Trump's border czar, Tom Homan, told FOX News that border encounters have dropped since Trump took office.

TOM HOMAN, Trump Administration Border Czar: Last 24 hours, total apprehensions on the Southwest border, 766.

LISA DESJARDINS: More news, last night, Mr. Trump pardoned Ross Ulbricht, a founder of Silk Road, a Dark Web marketplace where drugs were illegally and anonymously sold.

He was given a life sentence nearly a decade ago, but libertarians fought for his release.

In Miami, Enrique Tarrio, former leader of the neo-fascist Proud Boys, arrived at the airport a free man.

Trump erased his 22-year sentence for seditious conspiracy on January 6.

And in the halls on Capitol Hill, Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes appeared one day after he was pardoned for gathering weapons and plotting to violently overtake Congress.

REP. MIKE JOHNSON (R-LA): The president's made his decision.

I don't second-guess those.

LISA DESJARDINS: Asked about the January 6 pardons today, House Speaker Mike Johnson supported Trump and cast a blind eye to the violence and assaults of that day.

REP. MIKE JOHNSON: Peaceful protests and people who engage in that should never be punished.

LISA DESJARDINS: Trump has kept a furious pace... DONALD TRUMP, President of the United States: Nice to see you.

LISA DESJARDINS: ... last night holding an impromptu news conference.

DONALD TRUMP: I think we're going to do things that people will be shocked at.

LISA DESJARDINS: He was asked about his Hail Mary attempt to keep TikTok operational, despite a hovering ban under law.

Trump suggested putting it in the hands of American entrepreneurs, including ally Elon Musk.

QUESTION: Are you open to Elon buying TikTok?

DONALD TRUMP: I would be, if he wanted to buy it, yes.

LISA DESJARDINS: Other major action from Trump, he dismantled government diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, programs.

A memo directed federal agencies to place all DEI office staffers on paid leave starting today.

House progressives vowed to push back on Trump's agenda, particularly his crackdown on immigration.

REP. GREG CASAR (D-TX): He is trying to flood the news with all of these actions.

We're going to hold him accountable and defend the vulnerable.

LISA DESJARDINS: Congress is moving too.

MAN: The yeas are 263 and the nays are 156.

The bill passed.

LISA DESJARDINS: The House tonight gave final passage to what is set to beat Trump's first bill to sign in this term, the Laken Riley Act.

It requires federal authorities to detain some undocumented immigrants.

It passed with dozens of Democratic votes.

Also tonight, FOX News is broadcasting a Sean Hannity sit-down with Trump, his first TV interview of term 2.0.

For the "PBS News Hour," I'm Lisa Desjardins.