President Donald Trump sprinted toward fulfilling some of the most contentious pledges that defined his campaign[1] Wednesday, ordering the construction of the border wall, punishing "sanctuary cities" and promising to stop terrorism by fighting "fire with fire."
His executive orders demand the "immediate" construction of a wall on the US-Mexico border[2], beef up border patrol forces and look to increase deportations.
The orders also seek to end sanctuary cities by stripping grant funding for those cities and end the practice of releasing undocumented immigrants detained by federal officials before trial.
Meanwhile, in an interview with ABC News, Trump suggested he'd be open to bringing back torture to stop terrorism[3] because he "absolutely" believes it works.
ÿ"When ISIS is doing things that no one has ever heard of, since medieval times, would I feel strongly about waterboarding?" Trump said. "As far as I'm concerned, we have to fight fire with fire."
While Trump is moving fast to do exactly what he said he'd do[4] during his campaign, executing those orders will be more complicated:
o On the border wall: Texans say it just won't be that easy[5]
o On sanctuary cities: Courts say funding can't be used to "coerce" states[6]
o On waterboarding: "We are not bringing back torture," Sen. John McCain responded[7]
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[1]
http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2017/politics/tracking-trumps-promises/
[2]
http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/25/politics/donald-trump-build-wall-immigration-executive-orders/index.html
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http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/25/politics/donald-trump-waterboarding-torture/index.html
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http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/25/politics/donald-trump-this-is-happening/index.html
[5]
http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/23/politics/border-series-texas/index.html
[6]
http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/25/politics/sanctuary-cities-explained/index.html
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http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/25/politics/john-mccain-trump-torture/index.html [8]
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