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 mark on his new administration in matters ranging between energy and immigration.

Two sources familiarized with the plan said that more than 100 orders and directives would be issued on Day One, in a move known as "shock-and-awe".

Trump's transition advisers are preparing drafts from which he can choose. It is still unclear which drafts will be released Monday and which ones in the following days.

What we know so far about the Executive Orders

IMMIGRATION

Trump's first-day plans include a number of actions aimed at enforcing immigration laws and delivering on his promise to deport a record number of illegal immigrants living in the U.S.

Reports in November stated that the executive actions would allow federal immigration officers to arrest people without criminal records. They also reported that more troops would be sent to the U.S. Mexico border and construction on the border wall will restart.

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, a Trump adviser, told National Public Radio that if someone is illegal and not entering through a port-of-entry, or if they are trying to enter a port-of entry illegally, they will not be allowed to enter.

Trump plans to also end the temporary "parole", programs that under President Joe Biden’s outgoing administration allowed hundreds of thousands migrants from certain countries access to work permits and to enter legally based on humanitarian grounds.

Trump also promised 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 draft executive order in this regard.

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."

ENERGY

Sources familiarized with the plans of Trump's team of transition members have stated that Trump is considering an executive order suite to be issued within days after taking office. These orders could include everything from electric cars to withdrawing from the Paris Climate Agreement, a move he made in his first term.

According to a document obtained by the, members of his transition team recommend sweeping changes in order to stop supporting electric vehicles and charging stations, and to tighten up measures to block imports of Chinese cars, battery materials, and components.

Document shows that the transition team recommends imposing global tariffs on battery materials in an effort to boost U.S. manufacturing, and then negotiating exemptions for each ally.

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

Trump's first move or the very beginning of his administration could be to implement his threat to raise tariffs on imports from America's largest trading partners.

Trump believes that tariffs will help boost the economic growth of the United States. However, opponents warn that costs are likely to be passed on to consumers.

PARDONS

Trump said that he would pardon some of the hundreds who were convicted of crimes or charged with the assault of his supporters on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE

In a 2023 campaign video, Trump stated that on his first official day in office, he would repeal the Biden administration policies that provided information and resources for those seeking medical treatment so that they could align their bodies to the gender that they identify with.

This can include hormone therapy or surgery.

Trump stated that "I will repeal Joe Biden's cruel policy on so-called gender affirming care" the first day.

TRANSGENDER RIGHTS

Trump has promised to sign an Executive Order ending transgender privileges in the U.S. Military and within U.S. Schools.

He told a Sunday rally that, in regards to transgender sportsmen and women, he would stop them from participating in female sports on his first day.

DIVERSITY PROGRAMS

During his first presidential term, Trump issued an executive order that curtailed efforts to reduce racial inequalities at work, including programs such as diversity training within companies.

Biden reversed the executive order in January 2021 on his first official day of office. Trump will likely reinstate it on his second day in office, or even earlier.

Trump has also criticised "diversity equity and inclusion" policies within universities.

DRUG CARTELS

Punchbowl News reported that Trump planned to classify drug cartels in an executive order as foreign terrorist groups, fulfilling his promise made during the campaign to crackdown on the sources for the deadly opioid fentanyl.

REQUIRING FEDERAL WORKERS to RETURN to the Office

Trump has condemned work-from home arrangements that were made for tens and thousands of federal workers during the COVID-19 epidemic, vowing to put an end to them.

In December, Trump stated that if federal employees refuse to return to their office, they will be "dismissed."

Trump and his supporters hope that forcing federal workers to return to the office will lead them to a large number of resignations. This would help in their aim of shrinking the federal bureaucracy. Reporting by Steve Holland and Ted Hesson; editing by Ross Colvin, Howard Goller and Timothy Gardner

(source: Reuters)