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(NewsNation) — President Donald Trump will put pen to paper mondaysign a lot of announcements related to ending diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in the federal government, strictly defining two genders, and enforcing stricter limit security.
The president is expected to fulfill several campaign promises on his first day in the officebut many of his orders are likely to face legal resistance in the coming days.
An executive order is a signed statement of how the president wants the federal government to be run. They may come in the form of instructions to federal agencies or requests for reports.
“Today I will be signing a series of executive orders. With these actions, we will begin the complete restoration of America and the revolution of common sense,” Trump said during his inauguration speech on Monday.
Trump is expected to sign these orders Monday afternoon:
- Limit
- Diversity and inclusion
- Freedom of expression
- Energy
- Armed forces
- Renaming of water bodies and landmarks
Border-related notices
Trump will declare a national emergency on the southern border
This order would help the Secretary of Defense quickly and seamlessly deploy members of the armed forces to the border and free up more federal resources.
Trump wants to stop the capture and release of migrants
Border Czar Tim HomansaidThe Trump administration would end the federal “catch and release” program, which allows immigrants who entered the country illegally to remain in the country as long as they are in the asylum process.
“Stay in your home country,” Homan told NewsNation last month. “Be safe. It is very dangerous to cross into this country illegally.”
Trump will reinstate the ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy
During his first term, Trump implemented “Stay in Mexico” policy, also called the “Migration Protection Protocols,” which required asylum seekers to remain in Mexico until their claims were processed. Democratic President Joe Bidenthe administration ended the policy in 2022.
According to the order, this policy would bereinstated.
Trump will resume construction of the border wall
Trump began the construction of southern border wall during his first administration in an effort to prevent illegal crossings. As per the order, work would resume.
Trump will designate cartels as global terrorists
After being elected, Trump revived a campaign promise to designate Mexico’s drug cartels as terrorist groups.
“I will immediately designate the cartels as foreign terrorist organizations,” Trump said.
While in office in 2019, Trump dropped the plan at the request of then-Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who said he wanted US cooperation in fighting drug gangs.
Trump will suspend refugee resettlement for 4 months
Trump, who set tight limits on refugees has pledged in his first term to “suspend refugee resettlement” for four months as part of a broader effort to “immediately end the migrant invasion of America.”
Trump wants to end birthright citizenship
The president said he would end birthright citizenship, the right for children born in the United States to claim citizenship regardless of their parents’ immigration status. The 14th Amendment guarantees American citizenship to anyone born in the United States
Only constitutional amendments, not executive orders or legislation, can change the constitution. Trump said he intends to issue an executive order to end the practice, although executive orders cannot overturn constitutional amendments.
Trump will instruct the military to prioritize borders
White House officials said the order would “clarify the military’s role in protecting the territorial integrity of the United States” by sending military personnel to the border, pushing the Defense Department to set up barriers and greenlighting the use of drones and other surveillance measures .
Trump will order enhanced border controls and screening
According to this order, the president is expected to tighten the control and screening of migrants entering the country.
Diversity and inclusion
Trump will define gender as two genders
Trump officials said the order will direct federal agencies to enforce laws to protect men and women as different genders and to use sex, not gender, in federal policies and documents.
The Trump administration will maintain that there are two genders, “male” and “female,” and that “they are based on an indisputable reality,” one official said. The official added that the federal government will use a person’s gender at birth to determine how they are classified.
According to the executive order, government-issued identity documents, including passports and visas, will reflect the gender of a holder. The order is expected to indicate that the federal government will no longer promote gender ideology, according to officials.
Trump wants to end federal DEI programs
A Trump official said an executive order will end “radically wasteful DEI programs and preferences” in the federal government to “create equal treatment.”
DEI refers to diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
This order will end DEI funding in government and will direct the Office of Management and Budget and the Office of Personnel Management to end “illegal mandates, preferences.”
“This will be a priority,” an official said.
Freedom of expression
Trump wants to end government censorship
The president said he would sign an order “to immediately end all government censorship and restore free speech to America,” during his inaugural address.
Energy
Trump to declare national energy emergency
Trump will declare an “energy emergency,” halting wind farm leasing and withdrawing from the Paris climate accord, among other measures under the order.
He said he wants to make America “a manufacturing nation again” by ordering mass oil drilling, which he plans to export “all over the world.”
armed forces
Trump to sign order to reinstate expelled service members
Trump said he will sign an order reinstating service members who were “unfairly expelled from our military for objecting to the COVID vaccine mandate with full back pain.”
He also said he would sign an order to “stop our fighters from being exposed to radical political theories and social experiments while on duty.” It is unclear what Trump is specifically referring to.
Renaming bodies or water and landmarks
The order will rename the Gulf of Mexico
Trump will issue an order to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.
Trump wants to rename Mount Denali
Trump said he is reinstating the name Mt. McKinley to a summit in Alaska during his inaugural address.
The mountain was first named Mount McKinely in 1896, before William McKinley became the 25th president. It was officially recognized by the government in 1917 and stood as the name until 2015.
In 2015, the Ministry of the Interior changed the name to Denali. It was the name traditionally used by the Koyukon people and is based on the Koyukan word for “high”.
This story is in development. Update for updates.
