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Donald Trump is promising a \u201cgolden age of America\u201d in his second term, and he\u2019s issuing a raft of executive orders to try and make it happen.<\/p>\n
The president signed a slew of orders and directives that aim to end birthright citizenship and crack down on illegal crossings at the southern border, increase domestic energy production and transform a federal government he views as both too bloated and too \u201cwoke.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s unclear which of Trump\u2019s executive actions will have immediate impact or are merely symbolic. But they\u2019re already facing challenges. The Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency drew lawsuits hours before Trump signed the paperwork to create it. Some of his more controversial orders \u2014 including the one targeting birthright citizenship \u2014 also immediately hit legal challenges<\/a>. And while Trump pledged in his inaugural address to create an \u201cExternal Revenue Service\u201d to collect tariffs and revenues from foreign nations, he\u2019ll need congressional approval to create the new agency.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s a look at what Trump signed on Day One \u2014 and his executive actions since:<\/p>\n Trump pardoned some 1,500 people<\/a> who were involved in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, a sweeping grant of clemency that fulfilled a campaign-trail promise and upended years of the Justice Department\u2019s efforts.<\/p>\n Trump signed a slew of executive orders on Monday aimed at delivering on his long-promised crackdown on illegal border crossings and immigration more broadly. He also declared a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border, deploying U.S. Armed Forces to the region.<\/p>\n He intends to end birthright citizenship by issuing an executive action that would reinterpret the 14th Amendment that grants citizenship to all people born on domestic soil \u2014 a move that drew swift legal challenges, including from Democratic attorneys general<\/a>.<\/p>\n Trump also moved to:<\/p>\n Resume construction of the border wall Trump wants to \u201cdrill, baby, drill.\u201d He\u2019s going to do it by declaring a \u201cnational energy emergency\u201d<\/a> that would give him the power to increase domestic energy production \u2014 and undo many of the Biden administration\u2019s clean-energy policies. The White House also announced that the U.S. will withdraw, again, from the Paris Climate Accord.<\/p>\n Among Trump\u2019s other planned moves:<\/p>\n Issue a memorandum detailing a governmentwide approach to bringing down inflation, according to the Trump team Want to work remote? Good luck. Trump signed executive orders last night focused on the federal workforce, including one order instructing all U.S. government departments and agencies to require employees to return to office<\/a>, ending any remote accommodations. Trump also announced a hiring freeze across the executive branch except in \u201cessential areas.\u201d<\/p>\n The president also removed job protections for tens of thousands of government workers, which the White House said was necessary to rein in what Trump describes as \u201cdeep state\u201d bureaucracy.<\/p>\n Among Trump\u2019s other planned moves:<\/p>\n End \u201cradical and wasteful\u201d diversity training programs, as well as environmental justice programs, equity-related grants and equity initiatives Trump said in his speech the White House will instruct the State Department and Department of Homeland Security, as well as other agencies to remove \u201cnonbinary\u201d or \u201cother\u201d options<\/a> from federal documents, including passports and visas, according to an incoming administration official.<\/p>\n \u201cIt will officially be the policy of the United States government that there are only two genders: male and female,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n He also signed an executive order removing the U.S.<\/a> from the World Health Organization.<\/p>\n Among Trump\u2019s other planned moves:<\/p>\n Reinstate military members who were penalized for not getting vaccinated against Covid-19 <\/p>\n Trump hasn\u2019t enacted new tariffs, yet. Instead, he issued an order on Monday directing federal agencies to investigate and address trade deficits and unfair trade and currency practices.<\/p>\n Among Trump\u2019s other planned moves:<\/p>\n Impose 25 percent tariffs on Mexico and Canada on Feb. 1 (despite pledging to enact these broad tariffs on Day One) Extend the deadline for<\/a> TikTok to be divested or banned, a move that has questionable legalityJan. 6 pardons<\/h4>\n
Immigration<\/h4>\n
\n End so-called catch and release
\n Temporarily suspend refugee resettlement from certain countries for at least four months
\n Restart the \u201cRemain in Mexico\u201d policy of his first term
\n Restrict asylum using 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
\n Designate drug cartels and gangs as foreign terrorist organizations and invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to remove them \u2014 or, as he put it in his inaugural address, \u201celiminate the presence of all foreign gangs and criminal networks bringing devastating crime to U.S. soil\u201d
\n Direct the incoming attorney general to seek capital punishment for the murder of law enforcement and capital crimes committed by undocumented immigrants <\/p>\nEnergy<\/h4>\n
\n End what his team has referred to as an \u201celectric vehicle mandate\u201d
\n End leasing to massive wind farms that \u201cdegrade our natural landscapes and fail to serve American energy consumers\u201d <\/p>\nFederal workforce<\/h4>\n
\n Freeze hiring except in essential areas to \u201cend the onslaught of useless and overpaid DEI activists buried into the federal workforce,\u201d according to the White House
\n Freeze the issuing of new regulations
\n Direct agencies to address the \u201ccost of living crisis\u201d
\n Restore \u201cfreedom of speech\u201d and \u201cpreventing government censorship\u201d
\n Create the \u201cDepartment of Government Efficiency\u201d\u00a0 <\/p>\nHealth<\/h4>\n
Trade<\/h4>\n
\n Establish the \u201cExternal Revenue Service,\u201d aiming to collect tariffs and other revenues from foreign nations <\/p>\nThe rest<\/h4>\n
\n Suspend U.S. foreign assistance programs for 90 days pending a review of whether they align with his agenda
\n Rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America<\/a> \u2014 he\u2019ll also return Mount Denali in Alaska to the name Mount McKinley, reversing an Obama-era change <\/p>\n