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Trump Day One, Immigration, January 6 Pardons

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🗓️ 21 January 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Donald Trump begins his first full day in office, kicks off a slew of immigration-related executive actions and grants clemency to all defendants charged and convicted over the U.S. Capitol attack.

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0:00.0

Donald Trump is back.

0:05.1

Here I am. The American people have spoken.

0:08.5

For the hours in the White House, he signed a flurry of executive orders to roll back President

0:13.3

Biden's policies and implement his own.

0:15.2

I'm A Martinez. That's Leila Faddle. And this is up first from NPR News.

0:21.5

His executive orders paved the way for his promised crackdown on immigration.

0:26.0

With these actions, we will begin the complete restoration of America and the revolution of common sense.

0:34.3

But some of the moves pushed the bounds of the law and the Constitution.

0:38.2

Trump also issued sweeping pardons and commutations for everyone convicted in connection

0:43.1

with the attack on the Capitol, including those who beat police officers with bats and

0:47.4

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