US President Donald Trump signed a number of executive orders after he was sworn in yesterday, many of which aimed to undermine the legacy of his predecessor.
An app for asylum seekers to book appointments with immigration authorities at the border with Mexico was also "pulled out of touch" and the president said that about a thousand people who had been appointed to various roles during the Joe Biden administration would be fired in the coming days.
Trump signed orders to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization and the Paris Agreement on climate action, among other things. He also ordered the Gulf of Mexico to be renamed the Gulf of Mexico within 30 days and Mount Denali to be renamed Mount McKinley, after the 25th president of the United States.
The president also signed a series of executive orders to facilitate increased fossil fuel production. He also ordered an investigation into all trade practices and an assessment of China's compliance with the 2020 trade agreement between the two countries and the US-China-Canada trade agreement he signed that same year.
It is clear that the presidential orders signed yesterday by Trump and the actions he has announced will create uncertainty and even fear among large groups of people, as he declared, among other things, a state of emergency at the border with Mexico.
The declared state of emergency and other orders regarding asylum seekers and immigrants are likely to create a state of uncertainty at the border, as the United States will temporarily stop processing the cases of applicants.
The situation of trans people is also very uncertain after yesterday, when Trump signed an order stipulating that the state recognizes only two genders, male and female, which are determined at birth.
Federal authorities are thus required to always focus on “sex” and not “gender identity”, and this will also apply to identity documents such as passports. It also stipulates that biological sex determines which restrooms or changing facilities are used and which prisons people are held in.
The president also signed a number of executive orders concerning federal employees, including a hiring ban and ordering civil servants to return to their workplaces, instead of working partially from home.
The New York Times website provides a summary of the main executive orders signed by the president yesterday and links to the executive orders themselves.
Source: Visir.is
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