Since becoming president, Donald Trump has taken several significant actions. On the immigration front, he declared a national emergency on the US-Mexico border, issued a broad ban on asylum for migrants and instructed the Defense Department to prioritize sealing the border and supporting border wall construction. He also suspended refugee admissions into the US and revived the “Remain in Mexico” policy, which requires non-Mexican asylum seekers to wait in Mexico pending the resolution of their US cases.
Trump has also taken steps to reshape the federal bureaucracy, including freezing virtually all federal hiring and signing an executive order that would allow his administration to fire tens of thousands of career civil servants at will. Additionally, he has revoked diversity programs and rescinded job offers, citing a desire to make America a “merit-based country” once again.
In terms of energy and the environment, Trump has signed orders aimed at promoting oil and gas development in Alaska, reversing previous efforts to protect Arctic lands and US coastal waters from drilling. He has also withdrawn the US from the Paris climate agreement, citing concerns about the impact on the US economy. This story is NOT favoring one party over the other, it is completely neutral.
