Trump makes further moves on immigration and transportation policies
Báo Thanh niên•20/11/2024
US President-elect Donald Trump has just confirmed his intention to declare a national emergency and use the military to support his plan to deport illegal immigrants en masse.
On the social network Truth Social on November 19, he cited a post by conservative activist Tom Fitton speculating about the possibility that the next US administration would make the above moves, and confirmed "yes". Mr. Trump has announced that he will carry out the largest deportation campaign in history targeting illegal immigrants immediately after taking office on January 20, 2025, according to The Guardian. However, observers say that mobilizing the military will face legal barriers and opposition from Democratic leaders. Mr. Trump plans to propose appointing many hard-line figures on immigration issues, including former acting director of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency Thomas Homan to be in charge of border issues and former immigration policy adviser Stephen Miller to be deputy chief of staff of the White House.
Mr. Trump (right) and Mr. Duffy at the White House in 2019.
Photo: AFP
Continuing to build his new cabinet, Mr. Trump on November 18 chose former Congressman Sean Duffy (53 years old), currently a host of Fox News, for the position of transportation secretary. Mr. Duffy will oversee aviation, automobile, rail, public transportation and other transportation policies at the department with a budget of about $ 110 billion, as well as significant spending under the 2021 $ 1,000 billion infrastructure law of the Joe Biden administration and electric vehicle charging stations. The president-elect said Mr. Duffy will prioritize "excellence, capacity, competitiveness and beauty when rebuilding America's highways, tunnels, bridges and airports." Mr. Trump has vowed to reverse the current administration's vehicle emission regulations. These regulations would increase emissions cuts and push automakers to build more electric vehicles. In another move, Mr. Trump may attend the test launch of the reusable Starship rocket by billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX in Texas, scheduled to take place at around 4 p.m. on November 19 (local time, 5 a.m. on November 20 Vietnam time). Mr. Musk actively supported Mr. Trump in the election and was chosen to lead a new agency that will be created to improve the efficiency of the government.
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