Trump Makes Broad Use of Emergency Powers to Advance Policy Priorities
Critics, including some conservatives, say he uses inflated emergency claims to create legal justifications for forceful action
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"...Trump, in his
dozens of executive orders, has declared a “national energy emergency” aimed at speeding energy production and electrical-grid upgrades. He has said a crisis at the nation’s borders constitutes a national emergency, allowing him to impose expedited tariffs on
China, Canada and Mexico until they halt the flow of migrants and illegal drugs.
Other executive orders declare that the entry of migrants without legal status amounts to “an invasion,” giving him emergency authority to
stop accepting asylum claims from those crossing from Mexico, as well as to authorize the Defense Department to reallocate money for projects such as a wall along the border, without approval from Congress.
A Department of Homeland Security memo cited emergency conditions in authorizing state and local law officers to enforce federal immigration law. Another emergency declaration formed the basis for Trump’s sanctions on the International Criminal Court.
... His declaration of an energy emergency comes as U.S. oil production is
at or near record highs, and Trump has said the nation can do without the oil and gas it imports from Canada.
Trump’s border actions come as
illegal crossings have dropped substantially. Border Patrol apprehensions in December fell to the lowest daily average of any month during the Biden administration. ..."