Trump’s key executive actions on Day One

U.S. President Donald Trump has issued a flurry of executive
orders and directives within hours of taking office to fulfil
some of his campaign promises


IMMIGRATION

Bar asylum for
people newly arriving
at southern border

Move to end birthright
citizenship for children
of undocumented
immigrants – would
require overturning
14th Amendment

Temporarily suspend
Refugee Admissions
Programme

Declare migrant crossings at U.S.-
Mexico border a national emergency,
triggering funding for border wall

Resume policy requiring people
seeking asylum to remain in Mexico
while awaiting hearings


CLIMATE AND ENERGY

Withdraw U.S. from Paris
Agreement – designed to
limit rising global temperatures

Declare national energy emergency,
potentially unlocking new powers to
suspend environmental rules and
facilitate oil, gas and mining activities


JAN 6 RIOTS

Full pardons
for 1,500 people involved in
2021 U.S. Capitol attack


GOVERNMENT REFORM

Freeze hiring
of federal employees

End remote work
policies and order
federal workers back
to office full time

Launch review of
Biden administration
over “weaponisation”
of government against
political opponents


TRADE AND TARIFFS

Direct federal agencies to review
trade practices and examine flows
of migrants and drugs from Canada,
China and Mexico to U.S.


OTHER ACTIONS

Delay banning social media
platform TikTok for 75 days

Withdraw from World Health
Organisation

Rename Mount Denali and
Gulf of Mexico

Launch Elon Musk-led Department
of Government Efficiency

Recognise two sexes – male and
female – and eliminate federal
diversity programmes


Sources: BBC, New York Times 
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