Trump inauguration updates: Trump takes victory lap at at Make America Great Again Rally

Trump's new deputy chief of policy Stephen Miller cheered an expected immigration crackdown in his remarks at Trump's inauguration eve rally.

Miller spoke of an executive order "taking America back" through deportation of immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally. He said it would bring justice for those whose loved ones have been killed by those immigrants.

Immigrants in large cities have been bracing for the president-elect's planned "mass deportation program" even as Trump has offered few details of what it will look like.

America has gone through "four years of weakness, four years of humiliation and embarrassment," Miller said. "It's about to be a country that is respected."

Anuel AA and Justin Quiles, two Puerto Rican musicians, spoke in support of Trump onstage at his inauguration eve rally.

The moment stood in stark contrast to one of Trump's rallies near the end of the campaign, when a comedian opening the rally called Puerto Rico a " floating island of garbage."

Trump is marking his historic political comeback to the White House with a signature "Make America Great Again Victory Rally" in Washington on Sunday, bringing together more than 20,000 supporters to the nation's capital ahead of Inauguration Day.

The rally is being held at Capital One Arena, mirroring the Madison Square Garden rally he held in New York City last October, which served as his closing remarks to American voters a week before Election Day in November.

The Sunday rally is a move to pay a special tribute to the major role big arena rallies have played in all three of Trump's presidential bids to galvanize his supporters and to carry that campaign spirit into his second-term presidency.

Read more on Trump's rally here.

Performances and speeches were underway Sunday evening ahead of Trump's "Make America Great Again Victory Rally" in Washington.

Kid Rock and podcast hosts of "Girls Gone Bible" Angela Halili and Arielle Reitsma were some of the first to take the stage.

The rally is expected to bring more than 20,000 supporters to the nation's capital ahead of Inauguration Day.

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President-elect Donald Trump, left, dances as the Village People perform "Y.M.C.A" at a rally ahead of the 60th Presidential Inauguration, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025, in Washington.

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