Security, defense and immigration

Immediately suspend the Syrian refugee program. Inform his generals they have 30 days to submit a new plan for defeating the Islamic State group. It’s unclear what the plan is because it has yet to be made public. Suspend immigration from “terrorprone regions” where he says vetting is too difficult.

Trump’s effort to bar immigration temporarily from some Muslim-majority countries has been stymied by courts. Implement “extreme” immigration vetting techniques.

The Homeland Security Department is considering a number of measures. Build an “impenetrable physical wall” along the length of the southern border, and make Mexico pay for it. The government has been soliciting bids and test sections could be built as soon as this summer. Mexico is not paying for this work. End federal funding to “sanctuary cities” — places where local officials are considered by Washington to be insufficiently cooperative in arresting or detaining people in the country illegally. Immediately deport the estimated 2 million “criminal aliens” living in the country, including gang members. Deportations have not increased. Arrests of people in the U.S. illegally are up and illegal border crossings are significantly down. Cancel visas for foreign countries that won’t take back criminals deported by the U.S. “Immediately terminate President Obama’s two illegal executive amnesties,” one of which allows young people brought into the country as children to stay and work.