Trump will be sworn in Monday at noon. Huge changes on immigration and DEI coming up.
National Emergency on Immigration
The Wall Street Journal reports Trump to Sign Executive Orders on Immigration, Energy, Government Hiring
President-elect Donald Trump is readying a blitz of executive orders that he plans to issue just hours after he is sworn into office, wielding his executive authority on day one to push forward his top priorities related to the border, energy and government reform.
Stephen Miller, Trump’s incoming White House deputy chief of staff for policy, briefed a small number of senior GOP leaders Sunday afternoon about the administration’s plans. They include declaring a national emergency on the U.S.-Mexico border, rescinding Biden administration directives on diversity, equity and inclusion and unwinding President Biden’s limits on drilling offshore and on federal land, Miller told the lawmakers, according to Capitol Hill Republicans briefed on the call.
Part of Trump’s efforts to overhaul the federal government will be aimed at rewriting hiring rules for employees and creating a new process for firing others. The president-elect will again sign an executive order, known as Schedule F, which he issued in October 2020 to eliminate job protections for federal workers, the Republicans said. The Biden administration had previously blocked the order.
Trump is expected to declare a national emergency on the border, Republicans briefed on the call said, which would in turn unlock additional Pentagon funding and assets to help address the matter. He is also expected to order troops to help build more infrastructure at the border. The president-elect will direct his administration to relaunch a policy known as Remain in Mexico, which requires migrants seeking asylum at the southern border to live in northern Mexican border cities during their U.S. court proceedings.
Trump also plans to designate cartels as foreign terrorist organizations and restrict entry to the U.S., likely through a travel ban. It couldn’t immediately be learned how any travel ban might work.
Besides the border-focused immigration orders, Trump’s advisers have also been planning immigration raids in several major cities during the first few days of the new administration, according to people familiar with the discussion. The cities that are expected to be targeted include Chicago, Boston, Washington, D.C., Miami, Los Angeles, Denver, New York and San Antonio. The scale of the raids and the number of cities that will see increased enforcement activity remains in flux.
“You’re going to see executive orders that are going to make you extremely happy—lots of them,” said Trump to supporters at an arena in Washington one day before his inauguration.
The border will be shut soon. How fast deportations happen is in question. Sanctuary cities that plan to defy Trump will be hit first and hardest.
Senate Democrats Help Republicans Pass Laken Riley Immigration Crackdown
On January 17, I noted Senate Democrats Help Republicans Pass Laken Riley Immigration Crackdown
Democrats see the light. The Laken Riley deportation bill passed the Senate easily.
Heading Toward a Sensible Policy
On December 24, I commented Trump Backs Down From Strong Sweeping Deportation Promise
Both Trump and his border czar are sending strong messages that Trump’s deportation plan won’t live up to his campaign hype.
Deal for Dreamers
I suspect Trump privately got some heat from some governors who understand the economic insanity of “deport them all”.
Regardless why, I get to say “I told you so” once again to those who cling to every word Trump says.
To get a bill through congress for more border patrols, ICE agents, and to finish the wall, Trump is going to have to cut a deal.
And that deal will be amnesty for dreamers.
If you want to know what kind of dreamer deal to expect, please see my November 7, 2024 post The New Home for Hispanics is the Republican Party
Upon reflection, Trump is moving quickly. Democrats would be wise to quickly seek a deal on dreamers in return for immediate deportation of criminals, discounting the act of being here.