In an effort to swiftly carry out his agenda, Donald Trump will sign at least a dozen executive orders after taking office on Monday. These orders include halting diversity initiatives in federal agencies, ordering the resumption of construction on his border wall, and declaring a national emergency on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Ahead of Monday’s measures, transition officials warned reporters in a teleconference that another of Trump’s executive orders aims to remove birthright citizenship.
The U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment, which declares that “all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States,” has been interpreted to require birthright citizenship.
Several legal organizations and Democrats have vowed to fight any Trump move to eliminate birthright citizenship in court.
One of Trump’s other executive orders on immigration would designate cartels and migrant gangs, particularly MS-13 and Tren de Aragua, as Foreign Terrorist Organizations, while another would restore the “Remain in Mexico” policy from his first administration for individuals attempting to enter the United States through Mexico.
The Department of Defense will be able to send the National Guard and the U.S. military to the border as a result of Trump’s proclamation of a national emergency there. The Trump transition team responded that the Department of Defense will decide the rules of engagement for the troops stationed at the border.
The executive actions are not entirely about immigration and border policy. Another will assert that the United States recognizes male and female sexes on all official documents, including passports and visas.
The Biden Administration made it possible for American citizens to choose the gender neutralX marker on their passport booklets in 2022.
Trump is anticipated to issue considerably more executive orders than he did on his first day in office in 2017, when he signed one order that specifically attacked Obamacare.
Additionally, it surpasses the figure that Joe Biden signed on his first day of office. In addition to overturning Trump’s immigration and deregulation policies, Biden issued nine executive orders on issues ranging from ethics pledges for executive branch employees to fighting discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
On that same day in 2021, Biden also approved seven other executive measures, including orders to reverse Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Accord and to stop funding his border wall.