The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
SECURITY, DEFENSE AND IMMIGRATION:
Immediately suspend the Syrian refugee program. Trump tried, but the first version of his travel ban was blocked by the courts. A revised version dropped references to Syrian refugees entirely. That was blocked, too. And he has yet to mention another campaign pledge: to deport Syrian refugees already settled in the U.S.
Inform his generals they have 30 days to submit a new plan for defeating the Islamic State group. Trump did indeed order up a plan. It’s unclear what it is, since it has yet to be made public. Suspend immigration from “terror-prone 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.
In progress. The Homeland Security Department is considering a number of measures, like asking for visitors’ phone contacts and social media passwords.
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. The Justice Department has threatened to do so, but there are legal limits.
Immediately deport the estimated 2 million “criminal aliens” living in the country, including gang members, in joint operations with local, state and federal law enforcement. 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. There’s been no discussion of this yet.
“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. Trump has made no effort to end the program, even though it would take a single
phone call. In fact, he told AP these young people can “rest easy”and not fear deportation.