Within hours of his Inauguration, President Donald Trump set out to fulfill a number of his campaign promises, issuing a spate of presidential actions on everything. Trump revoked several Biden-era immigration policies, reinstating many of his own first-term border policies in a sweeping executive order titled “Securing Our Borders.”
These include establishing a physical wall and other barriers monitored and supported by adequate personnel and technology.
“All illegal entry will immediately be halted, and we will begin the process of returning millions and millions of criminal aliens back to the places from which they came. We will reinstate my Remain in Mexico policy,” Trump said in his inaugural address.
The order ends the so-called “catch-and-release” practice and US will send troops to the southern border.
“I will end the practice of catch and release. And I will send troops to the southern border to repel the disastrous invasion of our country. Under the orders I sign today, we will also be designating the cartels as foreign terrorist organizations,” Trump noted.
On his first day in office, President Donald Trump also signed an executive order aimed at reshaping the United States’ energy landscape. This order marks the beginning of his administration’s efforts to increase energy independence and stimulate economic growth.
In a move that echoes his first term, Trump issued a temporarily withdrawal of all areas on the Outer Continental Shelf from offshore wind leasing and a withdrawal from the Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Trump suspended and called for a review of the leasing and permitting practices of wind projects in a memorandum titled “Temporary Withdrawal of All Areas on the Outer Continental Shelf from Offshore Wind Leasing and Review of the Federal Government’s Leasing and Permitting Practices for Wind Projects.”
“President Trump’s energy policies will end leasing to massive wind farms that degrade our natural landscapes and fail to serve American energy consumers,” the President said.
This withdrawal shall go into effect beginning on January 21, 2025, and shall remain in effect until this Presidential Memorandum is revoked.
This withdrawal temporarily prevents consideration of any area in the Offshore Continental Shelf (OCS) for any new or renewed wind energy leasing for the purposes of generation of electricity or any other such use derived from the use of wind.
It does not apply to leasing related to any other purposes such as, but not limited to, oil, gas, minerals, and environmental conservation.
Meanwhile, Trump signed an executive order directing the United States to withdraw from the Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
As it is reported, the United States Ambassador to the United Nations shall immediately submit formal written notification of the United States’ withdrawal from the Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
