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Here are the expected executive orders from Trump

President-elect Donald J. Trump will begin issuing a series of executive orders on Monday, including major measures to crack down on immigration and dismantle diversity initiatives in the federal government, his team told reporters, launching his presidency with a muscular use of the planned power. to signal a radical departure from existing policies.

Mr. Trump will also act unilaterally to end electric vehicle mandates passed by the Biden administration, abandon protections for transgender students and suspend refugee resettlement for at least four months, they said.

The wave of executive actions aims to roll back many of President Biden’s most important domestic policies, primarily on climate and immigration, while reimposing a Trump agenda that would launch drilling and mining for natural resources and would fundamentally shake up the global situation of the United States. role of sanctuary for refugees and immigrants.

Mr. Trump promised to take action upon taking office this afternoon. At a dinner with donors on Sunday evening, Mr. Trump said that “in the hours after I take office, I will sign dozens of executive orders – almost 100, in fact.” It is unclear whether Mr. Trump will sign all of the directives on Monday afternoon, or whether more are expected to follow in the coming days.

Some of the orders he signs will be challenged in court and others will be largely symbolic. But taken together, they will amount to a radical change in direction after the Biden administration, an effort to begin delivering on his campaign promises and the first steps toward breaking what he and his aides see as an effort by “the Deep State” to thwart his project. agenda.

Senior advisers briefed reporters on many of them. Here are some of the major elements.

Immigration and the border

Close the border to asylum-seeking migrants and end asylum and birthright citizenship. The president cannot change the Constitution alone. It is therefore not yet clear how Trump plans to end the 14th Amendment’s guarantee of citizenship for those born in the United States.
Involve the US military in border security. This would lead to immediate legal challenges due to strict limits in U.S. law on how armed forces can be deployed domestically.
Declaring migrant crossings along the US-Mexico border a national emergency, which would allow Mr. Trump to unilaterally release federal funds for the construction of a border wall, without government approval. Congress, to strengthen enforcement efforts.
Label drug cartels as “global terrorists.”