His first decisions will target migrants and transgender people: Donald Trump, at the height of his political power, was inaugurated this Monday, January 20 as President of the United States. In the process, the new tenant of the White House must sign a first round of decrees.
Send the army to the border and remove the right to asylum and land rights
The Republican, according to whom America is threatened by an “invasion” of migrants as well as by progressive ideas, which he describes with the derogatory term “woke” ideology, will declare a state of emergency at the border with Mexico, an official of his future administration announced this Monday.
After his inauguration ceremony, the new American president, who had made immigration his main campaign theme, must sign a series of decrees on the subject. The national emergency “allows the armed forces to be deployed” at the border, explained Anna Kelly, the future deputy spokesperson for the White House. The military will have as a priority “the sovereignty, territorial integrity and security of the United States by repelling forms of invasion, including illegal mass migrations”, she added.
The Republican billionaire also wants to put an end to the right to asylum and land rights. “We are going to put an end to the right to asylum, […] which creates an immediate expulsion procedure without the possibility of asylum. We will then end the right to the ground,” added Anna Kelly.
These measures risk being challenged in court by various organizations. Land law, which grants anyone born on American soil the right to obtain an American passport, is enshrined in the American Constitution. According to Anna Kelly, the presidential decrees that will be signed by Donald Trump must clarify the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, which deals with this subject. “The federal government will not automatically grant citizenship via jurisprudence to the children of illegal aliens born in the United States,” she insisted.
Powerful Venezuelan gang designated as ‘terrorist group’
Donald Trump will designate a powerful Venezuelan gang as a “foreign terrorist group”, an official of his future administration also announced, as part of the fight against illegal immigration to the United States.
“We are going to designate criminal cartels and other entities as multinational organizations and global terrorists,” the official said, citing the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua and Salvadoran MS-13 gang, shortly before Donald’s swearing in Trump. This designation will be accompanied by the expulsion from the United States of members of the Tren de Aragua gang, which the new administration considers to be an “irregular armed force of the Venezuelan government carrying out a predatory incursion and invasion of the United States.” added the official.
Tren de Aragua is a feared organization of Venezuelan origin, which sows terror in many of the American continent. The criminal group was born in the Venezuelan prison of Tocorón, in the state of Aragua (north-central), and began to manifest itself around ten years ago. With some 5,000 members, it is engaged in extortion, contract killings, drug trafficking, prostitution, human trafficking and even illegal mining. The Republican promised to fight against an “invasion” of migrants in the United States and will declare a state of emergency at the border with Mexico.
Recognize the existence of only “two sexes” and eliminate diversity programs
Donald Trump will also order his administration to “recognize” the existence of only “two sexes” without taking into account transgender people, and to eliminate federal aid for diversity within the government, senior officials said. future administration.
The decree aims to “defend women in the face of ideological gender extremism and to restore biological truth within the federal state,” an official told the press on condition of anonymity, specifying that the The sexual identity of individuals would henceforth be defined exclusively by the gametes they produce. “What we are doing today is to affirm that the policy of the United States is to recognize two sexes: man and woman,” said this source.
During his campaign, Donald Trump repeatedly promised to end the “transgender delusion.” The president-elect of the United States also wants to eliminate federal aid for programs supporting diversity in the administration, the same officials of his future team said on Monday. “We are going to end this type of funding, we are going to end these programs,” said one of the sources, pointing to training on anti-racism and diversity.