Hindustan Times (Patiala)

Trump’s Day One To-do List

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It will be an extremely busy first day in the White House for Donald Trump if he lives up to his campaign pledges. Some can be done with the stroke of a pen, but not all Here are some highlights of his stated opening day plans

IMMIGRATIO­N

"Day one, my first hour in office, those people Are gone," Trump said of more than two million convicted criminals living in the US illegally

He has vowed to introduce legislatio­n that would fund constructi­on of the "Great Wall" along the Mexico Border

He could immediatel­y suspend the Syrian refugee programme, and had pledged a suspension of immigratio­n "from terror-prone regions where vetting cannot safely occur"

He is for scrapping deferred action for childhood arrivals scheme to let more than 750,000 undocument­ed immigrants to live and work in the US

ENVIRONMEN­T AND ENERGY

Trump intends to end the Environmen­tal Protection Agency's intrusion into American industry, such as clean power plan that compels power plants to slash carbon emissions

Trump will "end the war on coal on day one," said vice president elect Mike Pence

He pledged to scrap coal leasing moratorium­s and open federal lands for drilling and mining in order to access oil, natural gas, coal and uranium

He has also expressed intent on day one to approve the Keystone XL pipeline project linking Canada

TRADE

Trump said the US will back out of or renegotiat­e two sweeping trade pacts: the Trans-pacific partnershi­p, A 12-nation agreement and the longstandi­ng North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico

HEALTH CARE

Trump has pledged to introduce legislatio­n to "repeal and replace" Obamacare

His team stresses he will immediatel­y sign executive orders related to dismantlin­g the law

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People protest against US President-eleCt Donald Trump in Pennsylvan­ia. REUTERSFIL­E

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