Trump Executive Orders

Laramee Minor 
Social Media Manager
  Despite being in office for less than two weeks, Donald J. Trump has wasted no time in getting started on signing executive orders. Just in the last few days, Trump has signed over twenty executive orders; he has officially begun the first steps in his four-year plan. He has signed executive orders that will affect things such as immigration. These orders will implement many new rules and laws, which is why it is important to know how different things will be affected. 
  Trump has signed a multitude of  new orders; however, a large amount of them are focused on immigration and the Mexican border. Trump has officially declared a national emergency at the Mexico border. He has promised that troops, including the National Guard, will be deployed to the area to construct barriers at the border to help with illegal immigration into the United States. Trump has additionally signed an executive order that suspends the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program. It has been stated that the program will remain suspended until refugees seeking entry into the U.S. aligns with the interests of the United States. Trump has restored the “Remain in Mexico” policy which will end a program that allowed asylum seekers entry into the United States while their cases are still under evaluation. Another example of an executive order that will affect how U.S. immigration policies work is the fact that Trump has stated and is currently trying to end birthright citizenship. Trump has already ordered different agencies to start not recognizing babies as citizens if their mother was “unlawfully present” at the time of birth. This would additionally apply if the father was not a United States citizen or a lawful permanent resident. The law would also pertain to mothers who were lawful except for temporary residents of the United States and fathers who are neither citizens nor lawful permanent residents. 
  From the beginning of his presidency, Trump has already started to take action for the things that his cabinet believes in. Trump decided that signing several different executive orders this early is the best way to achieve his cabinet's goals. It is clear that right now most laws surrounding immigration will be changing sooner than later.

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