Trump’s Early Executive Orders: A Preview

Stephen Miller briefs GOP lawmakers

Stephen Miller, President-elect Donald Trump’s top domestic policy adviser, briefed Republican lawmakers Sunday on an ambitious slate of executive orders planned for the early days of the administration. These orders, many of which Trump had campaigned on, will focus on government reform, energy policy, and immigration. While details remain fluid, key areas discussed:

• Government reform: Streamlining federal hiring and dismissal processes, targeting DEI initiatives, and reforming rules for Schedule F employees.
• Energy policy: Halting climate-related spending, accelerating energy infrastructure projects, expanding drilling — including in the Arctic — and repealing electric vehicle mandates. Also: declare a national emergency related to energy.
• Immigration: Declaring cartels as terrorist organizations, reinstating strict border policies like “Remain in Mexico,” declare an emergency at the U.S./Mexico border, which will allow Trump to deploy military forces to the border, and ending "catch and release."
  

Miller cautioned that these orders are still under development, with specific details yet to be finalized. Miller, a key architect of Trump's immigration policies, is expected to play a significant role in shaping and implementing these executive orders. Miller's involvement suggests a continuation of the hardline approach to immigration that characterized Trump's first term.