President outlines sweeping immigration, trade and regulatory agenda in State of the Union address

Summary

In a joint session of Congress, the president reviewed dozens of executive actions and proposed major policy shifts — stricter border enforcement and detention for dangerous noncitizens, reciprocal tariffs, tax cuts, a $5 million citizenship pathway and new defense spending — and asked Congress for implementing funding and legislation.

The president addressed a joint session of Congress, presenting an expansive policy agenda that emphasized border enforcement, trade protectionism, regulatory rollbacks and stepped-up defense spending. He framed the opening of his term as a rapid period of action and said ‘‘America is back.’’

The address catalogued executive steps already taken: the president said he had signed nearly 100 executive orders and taken more than 400 executive actions in his first weeks. He said he declared a national emergency on the southern border and deployed the U.S. military and Border Patrol ‘‘to repel the invasion of our country.’’ The president stated that illegal border crossings had dropped to ‘‘by far the lowest ever recorded’’ since those deployments. He asked Congress to send funding for a detailed request he…

President outlines sweeping immigration, trade and regulatory agenda in State of the Union address

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