WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump plans to issue a flurry of executive orders and directives on his first day in office on Jan. 20, to put his stamp on his new presidency on everything from immigration to energy.
Sources have told Reuters that on Day One he plans to release at least 25 orders, with more coming in the days and weeks following.
Here is what we know about the executive orders so far:
IMMIGRATION
Many of the actions that the Republican plans on his first day as president are aimed at ramping up immigration enforcement and following through on his pledge to deport record numbers of immigrants in the U.S. illegally.
The executive actions would give federal immigration officers more latitude to arrest people with no criminal records, send more troops to the U.S.-Mexico border and restart construction of the border wall, Reuters reported in November.
Trump is expected to declare illegal immigration a national emergency to unlock military funds for border wall construction. He also signaled in a Truth Social post in November that he would shift military resources to assist with his deportation plans.
“We’re going to make it so if you’re illegal, you’re not coming in through a port of entry or even if you’re trying to come into a port of entry illegally, you’re not going to be allowed in,” Trump adviser Jason Miller told NPR.
Trump also plans to end Democratic President Joe Biden’s temporary “parole” programs, which have allowed hundreds of thousands of migrants from certain countries to enter legally on humanitarian grounds and access work permits.
In addition, Trump has vowed to end automatic citizenship for those born in the U.S. to parents in the country illegally, and advisers say his team is working on an executive order to this effect.
The U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment, ratified in 1868 in the post-Civil War period, provides for granting citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States.”
Any move by Trump to end birthright citizenship would face a legal challenge.
“We have to end it. It’s ridiculous,” Trump told NBC’s “Meet the Press” in December.
ENERGY
Sources familiar with the plans of members of Trump’s transition team have said that Trump is considering a suite of executive orders to roll out within days of taking office targeting everything from electric vehicles to withdrawing again from the Paris climate agreement, a move he took in his first administration.
Members of his transition team are recommending sweeping changes to cut off support for electric vehicles and charging stations and to strengthen measures blocking the import of cars, components and battery materials from China, according to a document seen by Reuters.
The transition team also recommends imposing tariffs on all battery materials globally, a bid to boost U.S. production, and then negotiating individual exemptions with allies, the document shows.
Trump’s executive orders will also likely seek to roll back Biden’s climate regulations on power plants, end his pause on liquefied natural gas exports, and revoke waivers allowing California and other states to have tighter pollution rules.
TARIFFS
One move that Trump could take on his first day or early in his new administration is to follow through on his threats to increase tariffs on foreign imported goods from America’s biggest trading partners.
Trump believes tariffs would help boost economic growth in the United States, although opponents warn that the costs would likely be passed down to consumers.
PARDONS
Trump could also use executive actions early in his term to issue pardons for some of the people involved in the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol by pro-Trump protesters.
The details of such an action are unclear, but he has said he will act on the issue on his first day in office.
(Reporting by Steve Holland, Ted Hesson, Timothy Gardner and Jarrett Renshaw, Editing by Rosalba O’Brien)
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