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Where Trump's major campaign promises stand after 100 days

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28.04.2025

President Trump’s first 100 days of his second term have seen an administration moving at breakneck speed to fundamentally alter the federal government in ways he previewed on the campaign trail.

Trump, largely through executive action, has moved to quickly deliver on a number of prominent campaign promises on immigration, tariffs and culture war issues.

The president has not yet made good on all of his campaign promises, though. The war in Ukraine is still raging on despite his pledge to end it before even taking office, and economists have warned his tariff policies could undercut his pledge to lower prices.

Here’s a look at where Trump has and hasn’t delivered on some of his major campaign promises in his first 100 days in office.

Immigration and the border

Trump and other White House officials have argued that immigration was the biggest reason he defeated former Vice President Kamala Harris in November, even more so than the economy.

Through 100 days, he has delivered on a host of actions intended to ramp up deportations, clamp down on border crossings and close off pathways for refugees and asylum-seekers to enter the country.

On his first day in office, Trump declared a national emergency at the southern border and began surging resources to the area, including from the Pentagon. The White House shut down the CBP One app, which migrants could use to make appointments at the border.

Trump signed an executive action aimed at ending birthright citizenship for children born to people who do not have legal status in the U.S. The matter is set to come before the Supreme Court in May, as critics have argued the move violates the 14th Amendment.

Trump paused refugee admissions and ended temporary protected status (TPS) for certain groups.

The president also signed into law the Laken Riley Act, which mandates the federal detention of immigrants without legal status who are accused of theft and burglary, among other things.

Trump pledged during a campaign rally in October he would use the law to target Tren de Aragua, which Trump and his allies had argued were turning the Colorado city of Aurora into a “war zone.”

The president in March signed a proclamation invoking the Alien Enemies Act, asserting that any members of Tren de Aragua older than 14 years residing in the United States be “apprehended, restrained, secured, and removed as Alien Enemies.”

The move delivered on a key campaign pledge to use centuries-old law to enact his immigration agenda, but it has led to contentious

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