By South China Morning Post | Created at 2025-01-20 23:16:31 | Updated at 2025-01-23 16:56:47
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US President Donald Trump, newly returned to the White House, is expected to issue “close to 100” executive orders on immigration, energy and other issues on Monday, moving swiftly on some of his campaign pledges mere hours after being sworn in for a second term.
Among the numerous expected orders on immigration, Trump is ending the Joe Biden administration’s ‘catch-and-release’ policy that allowed migrants into the community while awaiting court hearings and reinstating the ‘remain-in-Mexico’ policy that requires asylum seekers to live in northern Mexico during their US court proceedings.
Trump is also pulling the US out of the Paris Climate Agreement for the second time and expected to declare an ‘energy emergency’ to boost fossil fuels, dealing blows to the effort to keep global temperatures from rising.
Cracking down on illegal migration and “climate extremism” while championing an “America-first” stance were cornerstones of Trump’s presidential election campaign.
Here are details of the expected executive orders.
Immigration
Trump will declare a national emergency on the US-Mexican border, which would unlock Defence Department funding and assets to support his promised mass deportation of undocumented migrants.
