Executive Action

President Donald Trump signed three executive actions on Tuesday, including a memo that imposes “radical transparency requirements on government departments and agencies.” 

Multiple reports suggest that President Donald Trump is expected to pardon former Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D-IL) after commuting his sentence five years ago.

During an interview with “PBS NewsHour” on Tuesday, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas defended President Joe Biden waiting to take executive action on the border in light of criticism from Deputy Director and Senior Official Performing the Duties of the

During an interview with NBC News that took place on Wednesday and was released Thursday, Deputy Director and Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Director of ICE P.J. Lechleitner said that President Joe Biden “absolutely” should have taken the

During a town hall on CNN on Wednesday, 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris stated that the Biden-Harris administration waited years to take the executive action at the border that they did this year because they were working

On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) stated that President Joe Biden waiting to take executive action on the border for three years “highlights…that it is up to Congress” and defended Biden rescinding

On Wednesday’s edition of NBC’s “MTP Now,” NBC News Chief Political Analyst Chuck Todd stated that President Joe Biden could have taken the executive action on the border that he did this week earlier, and the supposed reasons why he

On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” CNN Political Commentator and former Obama adviser Van Jones stated that President Joe Biden “is not somebody who likes to do executive orders that he thinks the courts aren’t going to approve. That’s why he

On Friday’s broadcast of “NewsNation Now,” Rep. Mike Levin (D-CA) stated that while President Joe Biden “did discuss giving Border Patrol more authority to deport those who don’t pass background checks” and that’s good, “it doesn’t go far enough.” And

On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” Rep. Pat Ryan (D-NY) said that the responsibility for the border begins with President Joe Biden and that while he’s starting to act, “It’s too slow.” Ryan began by saying

On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” Rep. Pat Ryan (D-NY) stated that while he wants the Senate’s immigration bill to pass, it’s not enough by itself and “we need to do both” pass the bill and

On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Your World,” Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas argued that the Biden administration “took action” to help secure the border “a long time ago” and has “been enforcing the law from day one,”

During a portion of an interview with NBC News aired on Monday’s “NBC Nightly News,” Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas responded to a question on why President Joe Biden hasn’t taken executive action on the border by saying, “What executive action

On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) said that President Joe Biden can shut down the border unilaterally and should by doing what President Obama did with Title 8. After referencing Biden saying that the administration

On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-NY) said he wants President Joe Biden to “take some unilateral action” on “this open border” and stated that “the President has started addressing it much more. He talked about it

During an interview with Univision that took place last Wednesday and aired on Tuesday, President Joe Biden said that the White House is “examining” if he has the power to unilaterally shut down the border and that while “some have

During an interview with Univision that took place last Wednesday and aired on Tuesday, President Joe Biden stated that he would consider taking further executive action on guns and criticized 2024 Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump because Trump “famously

On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” Biden Campaign Co-Chair Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) responded to a question on why President Joe Biden hasn’t taken the executive action on the border that he said he was considering over a

On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “José Díaz-Balart Reports,” Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) said that President Joe Biden “can do more on border security” on his own by issuing an executive order under existing law like former President Donald Trump did

On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Biden Campaign Co-Chair Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) responded to a question on whether President Joe Biden will issue executive orders on immigration by stating that while executive orders have “been

On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Evening Edit,” Rep. Anthony D’Esposito (R-NY) stated that President Joe Biden just wants border security “theater” and noted that Biden didn’t have a problem taking costly, broad executive action on student loans and

On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that President Joe Biden should act on the border and noted that Biden undid a lot of former President Donald Trump’s border policies and Biden hasn’t been shy about

On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas responded to questions on whether President Joe Biden will take executive action on the border to combat the surge at the border that is taking up resources by saying that

On Thursday’s broadcast of “NewsNation Live,” Chicago Alderman and Democratic U.S. House candidate Raymond Lopez stated that the Biden administration has helped people manipulate American asylum laws and let people “come in here, completely unvetted, based on whatever they were

On NewsNation’s Super Tuesday, Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) responded to a question on whether President Joe Biden needs to take executive action on the border to reclaim the issue by stating that 2024 Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump

During an interview on CNN on Tuesday, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) stated that President Joe Biden will take executive action on the border, but hasn’t done so yet in the nearly two weeks since he said he was

Former President Donald Trump on Monday called on President Joe Biden to use Trump-era policies to secure the southern border.

On Friday’s “CBS Mornings,” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) stated that he would support President Joe Biden taking executive action to enact stronger border policies. Sanders said, “We have a disaster at the border, there was an effort to pass something,

On Wednesday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) reacted to House Speaker Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) urging President Joe Biden to take executive action on the border by stating that “it is ridiculous for Speaker Johnson to

On Tuesday’s broadcast of “CNN This Morning,” Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) stated that President Joe Biden should take executive action on the border, but didn’t do so earlier because he needs Congress and said that “They did try something this

On Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN This Morning,” Biden Campaign Co-Chair Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) reacted to news that President Joe Biden is considering stricter executive action on the border saying that he hopes Biden “will go forward with his executive

During an interview with NPR’s “Here and Now” on Monday, White House National Climate Adviser Ali Zaidi responded to a question on where the White House is getting money for the American Climate Corps given that money for the idea

During an interview with NPR’s 1A podcast released on Monday, White House National Climate Adviser Ali Zaidi stated that President Joe Biden has “not been afraid to use emergency tools where they’re justified” on climate, and his use of executive power has

On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) urged President Joe Biden “to take executive action, so that we truly can build back better and deliver on the very agenda that he laid out

On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Last Word,” Biden Chief of Staff Ron Klain stated that Biden will take executive actions to protect DREAMers, rejoin the Paris Climate Accords, undo “some of the environmental rollbacks that we’ve seen from President

On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The ReidOut,” House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) said that 2020 Democratic presidential nominee former Vice President Joe Biden will “Absolutely” do a lot by executive order, “And I want him to.” Clyburn further stated