President-elect Donald Trump previewed his initial agenda to Senate Republicans in a closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill Wednesday night, unveiling a list of 100 executive orders that would prioritize border security and domestic energy production.
The 45th president was also accompanied by some of his aides, including Homeland Security Adviser Stephen Miller, a Senate source told the Post.
For details of the meeting, please see First reported by Axios on Thursday.
President Trump, 78, has long said he was anxious to enact policy immediately after his inauguration on Jan. 20, and immediately after his inauguration he placed a “very tiny little desk” on the steps of the Capitol. He even joked that he would sign “four or five different documents” at the time. Inaugurated as the 47th president.
Trump also said he would sign at least 25 executive orders on the first day of his second term, the Post calculated, based on his previous statements during the campaign.
Not all orders will take effect immediately, and some are certain to face legal challenges.
immigration
Mr. Trump ran a campaign focused on border security promises, with most of his “Day 1” promises devoted to carrying out the “largest deportation” operation in U.S. history and reversing President Biden's immigration policies. There is.
Both the president-elect and his designated “border czar” Tom Homan have said deportations of illegal immigrants will begin on January 20, and Homan detailed what the operation will look like.
The top priority is to deport immigrants who have committed crimes, he said, adding that Congress must approve funding for at least “100,000 beds” in detention centers.
Homan added that the military will be asked to provide planes to transport migrants out of the country, but will not take to the streets to arrest them.
President Trump has called for a “national emergency” to carry out a “mass deportation” of people living in the United States illegally.
President Trump also announced that his executive actions would reinstate “Remain in Mexico” rules for asylum seekers, halt all migrant flights from the southern border region, end catch-and-release practices, and “terror-plagued” He said he would reinstate a travel ban on people who have been exposed to the virus. Suspend refugee admissions and block immigrant entry using the CBP One mobile app.
Most controversially, President Trump has promised to end automatic citizenship for children of illegal immigrants born on U.S. soil.
On the first day of his new term, President Trump will sign an executive order making it clear to federal agencies that under the correct interpretation of the law, future children of illegal aliens will no longer automatically receive U.S. citizenship. ” he said. In a video posted in May 2023.
This announcement could be challenged in court because the 14th Amendment states:[a]All persons born or naturalized in the United States are subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and are citizens of the United States and the state in which they reside. ”
energy
President Trump has promised to repeal many of Biden's energy policies and recently said he would reverse the incumbent's ban on offshore gas and oil drilling.
“The ban on offshore drilling doesn't stand. We're reversing it immediately,” President Trump said Tuesday at Mar-a-Lago. “Rescind the ban on offshore oil and gas drilling in vast areas from day one.”
Other promises in the executive order include repealing Biden's electric vehicle mandate and ending a ban on natural gas exports.
“I want to be a dictator for just one day. I'll start with 'Drill, baby, drill,'” Trump said during the campaign. “Then I will never be a dictator.”
President Trump also said he wants to restart drilling operations in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as part of his promise to lower energy prices by 50% in 18 months.
Other actions to perform
The president-elect also said he would issue a mass pardon to those arrested in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, which Trump and his supporters called “political prisoners.”
He also promised to fire special counsel Jack Smith, who was pursuing several cases against him, but Smith's resignation before he takes office could make things easier for Trump. .
Republicans also vowed to reverse the Biden administration's attempt to redefine sex as “gender identity” under Title IX.
