In his first days in office, Donald Trump plans to issue sweeping executive orders that will revive key policies he put in place during his first administration while also tearing down new policies erected by his once-rival-soon-to-be predecessor, Joe Biden, according to two sources briefed by the incoming administration on Sunday.
In a phone call with congressional GOP leaders, Trump’s incoming deputy chief of staff, Stephen Miller, gave Republicans their clearest picture yet of what Trump plans to do during his first hours in the White House.
On immigration, the executive orders are expected to designate various cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, declare a national border emergency that allows the military to build more of Trump’s infamous border wall and revive a signature 2019 Trump policy titled “Remain in Mexico,” which requires those seeking asylum to remain in Mexico while asylum requests are processed.