s President Trump signs executive orders with a flourish, there is a lot at stake. The birthright citizenship has been revoked and there is some tough talk on gender issues.

As Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the US on January 20, the world looked warily forward to his second term.

Within 24 hours in office, he pardoned more than 1,500 January 6 rioters and alleged participants in the US Capitol attack. He then unconditionally pardoned two Washington, DC, police officers for their role in the death of 20-year-old Karon Hylton-Brown, in a case that drew protests after the murder of George Floyd.

Next, he moved with lightning speed to roll out his immigration agenda, effectively closing off the US southern border to asylum seekers, severely limiting who is eligible to enter the United States and laying the groundwork to swiftly deport migrants already in the country.

Incoming refugee flights were canceled, troops were moving to the border, federal authorities were given permission to arrest people in or near schools and churches. The pool of undocumented immigrants eligible for quick deportation without a judicial hearing was expanded. Trump also signed an executive order to end birthright citizenship.

He also put government employees in all federal diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility offices on paid administrative leave, as a first step to dismantling the programmes reviled by conservatives and........

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