President-elect Donald J. Trump on Monday began issuing a series of executive orders, including major steps to crack down on immigration and dismantle diversity efforts in the federal government, in a purposeful and forceful exercise of presidential power. He will start his career, the team told reporters. to signal a radical shift from existing policy.
Trump will also act unilaterally to repeal the electric vehicle mandate passed by the Biden administration, roll back protections for transgender students and halt refugee resettlement for at least four months. Deaf, they said.
The series of presidential actions is an effort to roll back many of President Biden's most important domestic policies, primarily on climate and immigration, while also beginning to drill and extract natural resources and disrupt the U.S. global landscape. It is also an effort to reimpose President Trump's policy of fundamentally overturning it. It serves as a sanctuary for refugees and immigrants.
Trump has promised to take drastic action once he takes office this afternoon. “I'm going to sign dozens, in fact, close to 100 executive orders within the first few hours of taking office,” Trump said at a dinner with donors Sunday night. It is unclear whether Trump will sign all of the orders Monday afternoon or whether he is expected to sign more in the coming days.
Some of the orders he signs will be challenged in court, while others will be largely symbolic. But taken together, they represent a sharp about-face after the Biden administration, an effort to begin fulfilling campaign promises and what Biden and his allies see as a “deep state” effort to thwart his administration. This will be the first step to breaking things down. agenda.
The top advisor briefed reporters on many of them. Here are some of the key elements.
immigration and borders
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Close borders to migrants seeking asylum and abolish asylum and birthright citizenship. It is not yet clear how Trump intends to abolish the 14th Amendment's guarantee of citizenship for those born in the United States, as the president cannot change the Constitution on his own.
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Involve the US military in border security. This could immediately raise legal issues, as U.S. law has strict limits on how troops can be deployed in the country.
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By declaring migrant crossings along the U.S.-Mexico border a national emergency, Trump could unilaterally unlock federal funding for border wall construction without Congressional approval for strict enforcement. It becomes like this.
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Designate drug cartels as “global terrorists.”
federal workforce
Commitment to gender and diversity, equity and inclusion
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Establishes a definition of biological sex as part of revised Title IX guidance for federal employees and schools
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Eliminate protections for transgender people in federal prisons.
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Eliminate protections for transgender immigrants in U.S. custody.
tariffs and trade
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Directs federal agencies to launch investigations into trade practices, including trade deficits, unfair currency practices, counterfeit goods, and special exemptions that allow low-value goods to enter the United States duty-free.
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Assess China's compliance with trade agreements signed by Trump in 2020 and the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, which Trump signed in 2020 to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement.
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Directs the government to assess the feasibility of creating an “External Revenue Service'' to collect customs duties and duties.
energy and environment
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Declaring a national energy emergency could unlock powers for him to expedite permitting for pipelines and power plants.
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Order the federal government to roll back regulations that hinder domestic energy production.
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The company indicates its intention to ease restrictions on exhaust pipe pollution and fuel efficiency standards.
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Repeal energy efficiency regulations for dishwashers, showerheads, and gas stoves.
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Opening up more of Alaska's wilderness to oil and gas drilling.
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Eliminate government-wide environmental justice programs aimed at protecting poor communities from excessive pollution.
TikTok ban postponed
Trump vowed early Sunday to issue an executive order giving ByteDance, TikTok's Chinese owner, more time to meet laws that would prohibit its sale in the United States. Incoming White House officials previewing Mr. Trump's executive actions on Monday did not mention any executive action regarding the app.
Erica L. Green, Anna Swanson Hamed Areaziz, lisa friedman and brad plummer Contributed to the report.