How President Bidenโs executive orders are working to undo Trumpโs immigration policies
During his first day in office President Joe Biden made some significant changes to orders issued by his predecessor, President Trump; a move that dismantled major parts of the Trump administrationโs immigration legacy. On his last day in office, Trump authorized the Deferred Enforcement Departure program offering Venezuelan in exile protection from deportation. They could be in a different status; they could have no status at all, and they may be able to apply for the DED,โ Milena Portillo, an immigration attorney in Orlando said about the DED program. And aside from having to execute the new DED program, President Biden signed an executive order to reverse policies for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, known as DACA, that Trump had imposed. Other executive orders signed on Bidenโs first day include:-Revoked the travel bans, also referred to as the Muslim Ban and African Bans, previously ordered by the Trump administration and abolished the so-called โextreme vettingโ practices that were hard on immigrants and led to rejected visa applications.
Biden halts border wall building after Trump's final surge
Biden on Wednesday ordered a โpauseโ on all wall construction within a week, one of 17 executive orders issued on his first day in office, including six dealing with immigration. The full amount under contract would have extended Trumpโs wall to 664 miles (1,069 kilometers). Trump said the border wall would be โvirtually impenetrableโ and paid for by Mexico, which never happened. Company spokeswoman Liz Rogers said work at Friendship Park is separate and done by another company. ___This story has been corrected to show that border wall contractor SLSCO Ltd. says another company is doing the work at Friendship Park in San Diego.
Dear Donald, Dear Mr. President: A Trump-Nixon '80s tale
This image provided by the Richard Nixon Foundation shows a copy of correspondence between Donald Trump and Richard Nixon. The letters between once and future presidents, revealed for the first time in an exhibit that opens Thursday, Sept. 23, 2020, at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library & Museum, show the two men engaged in something of an exercise in mutual affirmation. The museum shared the letters exclusively with The Associated Press ahead of the exhibits opening. (Richard Nixon Foundation via AP)
Dear Donald, Dear Mr. President: A Trump-Nixon '80s tale
This image provided by the Richard Nixon Foundation shows a copy of correspondence between Donald Trump and Richard Nixon. (Richard Nixon Foundation via AP)WASHINGTON โ They were two men in Manhattan who craved the same thing: validation. The two had been spotted together at the โ21โ nightclub and Trump was writing Nixon to thank him for forwarding a photo. )โ Nixon writes to Trump. Pat Nixon thought Trump did โgreat,โ Nixon writes.
Dear Donald, Dear Mr. President: A Trump-Nixon '80s tale
FILE - In this Nov. 17, 1973 file photo, President Richard Nixon speaks near Orlando, Fla. to the Associated Press Managing Editors annual meeting. Nixon told the APME "I am not a crook." There were two men in 1980s Manhattan who craved validation one a past president, one a future president. Thats how a thirty-something Donald Trump and a seventy-ish Richard Nixon struck up a decade-long correspondence in the 1980s that meandered from football and real estate to Vietnam and media strategy. Their letters are being revealed for the first time in an exhibit that opens Thursday at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library & Museum.
Dear Donald, Dear Mr. President: A Trump-Nixon '80s tale
FILE - In this Nov. 17, 1973 file photo, President Richard Nixon speaks near Orlando, Fla. to the Associated Press Managing Editors annual meeting. There were two men in 1980s Manhattan who craved validation one a past president, one a future president. Their letters are being revealed for the first time in an exhibit that opens Thursday at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library & Museum. โLet me be so presumptuous as to offer a little free advice (which is worth, incidentally, exactly what it costs!โ) Nixon writes to Trump. Pat Nixon thought Trump did โgreat,โ Nixon writes.