Al Jazeera Plus is posting a daily “Trump Tracker”. With some additions from EA, here are the “highlights” from Day 6:
*Trump Threatens to send federal forces to Chicago in response to violent crime
*Department of Agriculture lifts gag order on scientists after public protest
*Trump promises major investigation into voter fraud into 2016 Presidential election — even though there is no evidence of any such fraud, and only a handful of individual cases have been recorded since 2000
*Draft order, obtained by New York Times, clears way for reopening of CIA “black sites” and lifts restrictions on handling of detainees
*Trump signs order to begin construction of 2,000-mile wall along US-Mexico border
*Trump signs order to end funding for “sanctuary cities” who have pledged to protect undocumented immigrants from deportation
*Trump signs order for indefinitely block on refugees from Syria and temporary suspension of visas for citizens of seven other countries
*Trump Administration mandates that any scientific study by Environmental Protection Agency be reviewed by political staff before release
*Draft orders, obtained by Vox, will slowly end the “Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals” policy, which allows certain undocumented immigrants who entered the country as minors to receive a renewable two-year period of deferred action from deportation and grants eligibility for a work permit — Employment-based visas and social services will be limited for legal immigrants
*Trump says in interview that he believes torture is effective and will re-institute it — even though it is barred by Congress — if his Defense Secretary and CIA Director make such a recommendation
