100 Executive Orders
Trump and his henchmen met with Republican Senators yesterday to preview his immediate plans.
- Senators were given previews of some of what they were told would be 100 executive orders, two sources who were in the room told Axios.
- Stephen Miller, Trump’s longtime immigration adviser, dove into how they intend to use executive power to address the border and immigration starting Day 1.
- It’s unclear if all will be technical executive orders, or more broadly executive actions taken by Trump or federal agencies.
One big border plan: Reinstating Title 42, according to multiple sources.
- The pandemic-era public health policy cites concerns about spreading illness to allow for the rapid expulsion of migrants at the border — preventing them from even a shot at asylum.
- There were millions of Title 42 expulsions from early in the COVID pandemic until President Biden ended the policy in 2023.
Other executive actions and plans that Miller outlined included:
- More aggressively using a part of the Immigration and Nationality Act — 287(g) — which allows some state and local law enforcement to assist in some of the duties of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
- Building the border wall, constructing soft-sided facilities to hold migrants and implementing other asylum restrictions.
They want to put on a really big show right out of the box:
The incoming Trump administration is considering conducting a high-profile raid targeting undocumented immigrants in its initial days, according to three people familiar with the discussions. The raid could target immigrants allegedly living in the United States illegally at a workplace in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, the people said.
In meetings between the Trump transition team and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials, the Trump team has repeatedly asked about resources and logistics immediately available to carry out workplace raids, the three people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they’re not authorized to speak to the media about transition discussions, said.
Maybe they could come out here to LA to do it. They could find some immigrants who’ve been left homeless from the fires and really give their rabid base a thrill.
It sounds like they are going to get the show on the road the minute they get back in the White House. I guess this is what America voted for.