What we know about Trump’s executive orders following his swearing-in
Donald Trump will issue a series of executive orders and directions after his inauguration as U.S. President on Monday to stamp his presidency in everything from immigration to the energy sector.
Two sources with knowledge of the plan said that Trump was preparing an avalanche of executive orders and directions, which could number more than 100 on day one. This is part and parcel of what Trump calls his "shock-and-awe" strategy. Transition advisers are preparing a list of orders that Trump can choose from. It is still up to Trump's transition advisers to decide which orders will be issued on the first day, Monday. Others will follow in the following days. One source said that "it's all in flux".
What we know so far about the Executive Orders
IMMIGRATION
The Republican's first day in office will see him take a number of actions to increase immigration enforcement, and follow through on his promise to deport a record number of illegal immigrants. According to reports from November, the executive actions would allow federal immigration officers to arrest people without criminal records, to send more troops to border and to restart construction of border wall.
Trump will likely declare illegal immigration to be a national crisis to release military funds to build a border wall. In a Truth Social posting in November, he also indicated that he was shifting military resources in order to help with his deportation plan.
Jason Miller, an adviser to Trump, told National Public Radio that "we're going make it so you can't enter a port-of-entry if you are illegal." Or even if trying to enter a port-of entry illegally. Trump plans to also end the temporary "parole' programs of outgoing Democratic president Joe Biden, which allowed hundreds of thousands migrants from certain countries enter legally and access work permits on humanitarian grounds. Trump also wants to stop automatic citizenship for children born in the U.S. of parents who are in the country illegally. His advisers have said that his team is currently working on a new executive order.
The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified by the United States in 1868, after the Civil War, grants citizenship to "all naturalized or born Americans."
Legal challenges would be brought against any move by Trump that ended birthright citizenship.
We have to stop it. Trump said on NBC's Meet the Press in December, "It's ridiculous."
Sources familiar with Trump's plans have revealed that he is considering an executive order suite to be issued within days after taking office. These orders would cover everything from electric cars to withdrawing from the Paris Climate Agreement, which he did in his first term. According to a document obtained by the, members of Trump's transition team have recommended sweeping changes in order to stop funding for electric vehicles, charging stations, and to tighten restrictions on imports of Chinese cars, battery materials, and components.
Document shows that the transition team recommends imposing global tariffs on battery materials in order to increase U.S. production. Then, they would negotiate individual exemptions with other allies. Trump's executive order will likely also seek to rollback Biden's climate regulation on power plants, to end his pause over liquefied gas exports and to revoke waivers that allow California and other state to have stricter pollution regulations.
TARIFFS One of the first moves that Trump can make as part of his new administration, or even on his first day, is to implement his threat to increase tariffs for imported goods from America’s largest trading partners.
Trump believes that tariffs will help boost economic growth for the United States. However, opponents say the costs are likely to be passed on to consumers.
PARDONS Trump said that he would pardon some of the hundreds who were convicted of or charged with crimes in connection to the assault of his supporters on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
(source: Reuters)
