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The White House • June 21, 2018
The Day Ahead
President Donald J. Trump will host a meeting of his Cabinet, focusing on much-needed government reorganization and Civil Service reform across Federal agencies.
Enforcing the law while keeping families together
President Trump signed an executive order yesterday to keep families together while they face any criminal improper entry or immigration proceedings involving their members. "We're going to have strong — very strong borders, but we're going to keep the families together," the President said from the Oval Office. "I didn't like the sight or the feeling of families being separated. It's a problem that's gone on for many years."
This executive order allows the Administration to continue to protect the border with its zero-tolerance policy while avoiding the separation of illegal alien families, to the extent the President can legally do so. Attorney General Jeff Sessions will seek an immediate modification of the Flores settlement agreement, which prevents Immigration and Customs Enforcement from detaining families together for more than 20 days.
"We believe it's a false choice between whether we are a country of law and order, a country with borders, and a country that demonstrates the compassion and the heart of the American people," Vice President Mike Pence said at the signing.
"We ask Congress to do their part," Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said. Congressional Democrats have so far refused, preferring not to undermine their larger agenda of open borders. Yesterday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) refused to do his job, saying "legislation is not the way to go here."
Learn more about enforcing the law while keeping families together.
Watch: President Trump signs the executive order addressing family separation
Manufacturers: 'This record optimism is no accident'
The President joined mining and steel workers in Duluth, Minnesota, yesterday to discuss how the Trump Administration is taking up their cause and getting people back to work. Earlier in the day, news broke that U.S. manufacturer confidence had surged to a 20-year record high: A stunning 95.1 percent of manufacturers surveyed said they have a positive outlook for their companies.
"This record optimism is no accident," said Jay Timmons, President of the National Association of Manufacturers. "It is fueled by the game-changing tax-reform passed six months ago."
Iron mining is important work in Minnesota—a $3 billion industry. Raw iron is mined from northern Minnesota's Iron Range, where it is then transported via the Duluth seaport to steel refineries throughout the United States and world. Through "America First" economic and trade policies, the Administration is giving these industries new life.
See President Trump address mining and steel workers in Minnesota.
More: How the Administration is confronting China's unfair trade policies
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Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead
President Donald J. Trump, joined by Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen, signs an executive order affording Congress an opportunity to address family separation | June 20, 2018
The White House • June 22, 2018
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The Day Ahead
• President Donald J. Trump will meet with "angel families" whose loved ones have been victims of crime stemming from illegal immigration. Watch live at 2:30 p.m. ET.
• The President and First Lady will attend the U.S. Marine Corps Evening Parade in Washington. Watch live at 8:30 p.m. ET.
6 months after tax cuts, the real celebration is for America's workers
Six months ago today, President Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act into law—the first major overhaul of the U.S. tax code since Ronald Reagan's presidency.
The law made three important changes to help workers and small businesses. First, it cut how much money the government takes out of Americans' paychecks. Second, it put U.S. employers on a level playing field with foreign competitors. Third, it eliminated dozens of special interest loopholes, raising $4 trillion in revenue by closing the door on corporate accounting tricks.
Tax cuts are one ingredient in President Trump's plan to reclaim a strong and prosperous America. After years of slow recovery, former President Obama's economic team set expectations for a new normal of sluggish growth. With the Trump Administration's policies, unemployment has fallen to 3.8 percent, its lowest level in nearly half a century.
Good news for workers is something everyone, Republican or Democrat, should celebrate.
First Lady makes a surprise visit to Texas shelter
First Lady Melania Trump traveled to McAllen, Texas, yesterday to take part in briefings at a nonprofit social services center for children who have entered the United States illegally. She thanked law enforcement and social services providers for their hard work and asked how the Administration can build upon its efforts to reunite families following President Trump's executive order.
The President reiterated his call for Congress to act. "Our First Lady is down now at the border because it really bothered her to be looking at this and to seeing it, as it bothered me, as it bothered everybody at this table," President Trump told his Cabinet. "But we need two to tango. We have 51 votes in the Senate. We need 60."
See photos from the First Lady's trip to Texas.
How President Trump is reorganizing the government
Today's executive branch is not equipped to meet Americans' 21st century needs. Job seekers have to navigate more than 40 workforce development programs across 15 federal agencies. Small businesses face overlapping bureaucratic certification processes and complicated paperwork challenges whenever they try to work with the government.
President Trump's reform and reorganization plan will change that, with the goal of making the federal government more responsive and accountable to the American people. Last year, the President signed an executive order directing the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to work on a step-by-step plan to reorganize the executive branch. Yesterday, the President discussed key reforms with members of his Cabinet.
President Trump is making government more efficient, effective, and accountable.
More: Learn more about the government reform plan—and see the OMB's full report.
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Official White House Photo by Andrea Hanks
First Lady Melania Trump visits Upbring New Hope Children's Shelter in McAllen, Texas | June 21, 2018
REAL NEWS PRESIDENT TRUMP DOESN'T WANT YOU TO MISS
First Lady Melania Trump Makes Surprise Visit to Texas Shelter, Seeks To ‘Quickly’ Reunite Families
- The Washington Times
First Lady Melania Trump visited a shelter in McAllen, Texas, on Thursday “to thank law enforcement officials and social service providers for their work,” Dave Boyer and Stephen Dinan report. The First Lady also met children at the Upbring New Hope Children’s Shelter, which is run by Lutheran Social Services.
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Poster Child for Family Separation Was Never Separated from Her Mother at the Border
- Washington Examiner
“The two-year-old Honduran girl who has become a symbol of family separation at the border was never separated from her mother, according to her father,” Katelyn Caralle reports. “Denis Javier Varela Hernandez, who still lives in Honduras, told the Daily Mail he was told this week that his wife Sandra and daughter Yanela Denise are being held together in a family residential center.”
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Jeff Sessions: We Don’t Want to Separate Parents from Kids
- USA Today
“We do not want to separate parents from their children. What we want is a safe, lawful system of immigration that would end this question altogether. We want to build a wall to prevent illegal entry. Congress could make that happen quickly — and they should,” Attorney General Jeff Sessions writes in USA Today.
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Six Months After Tax Reform, Something Big Is Happening
- The Wall Street Journal
“In only six months, the economy has been reinvigorated—and the best is yet to come. That’s because the new tax code leapfrogs America’s competitors abroad. The U.S. is now at the head of the pack—one of the best places on the planet to find that next job, to build that new manufacturing plant, or to set up company headquarters,” Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) writes in The Wall Street Journal.
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This is How to Reshape American Government for the 21st Century
- The Hill
OMB Deputy Director of Management Margaret Weichert lays out how the Trump Administration plans to reorganize the federal government to better serve the American people, balancing “the mission, service and stewardship responsibilities of the executive branch, while reducing inefficiency, risk and duplication.”
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Boom: Over 95% of Manufacturers Bullish on Future, ‘Record Optimism’
- Washington Examiner
Paul Bedard writes that “in a stunning turnaround sparked by the improving economy and last December’s tax cuts, over 95 percent of manufacturers have turned bullish about their future, an all-time record,” according to a new survey from the National Association of Manufacturers. “This record optimism is no accident. It is fueled by the game-changing tax reform passed six months ago,” NAM President Jay Timmons said in a statement.
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Trump’s Tariffs Are a Defense Against China’s Aggression
- The Wall Street Journal
In The Wall Street Journal, National Trade Council Director Peter Navarro writes that President Trump’s recently announced tariffs “will form a critical line of defense against predatory trade practices China has used to the detriment of American industries.” Navarro adds that “the president won’t back down when America’s economic prosperity and national security are at stake.”
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President Trump Wants My Department to Keep Space Safe. We’re Ready.
- The Washington Post
“On Monday, President Trump signed Space Policy Directive 3, America’s first comprehensive space traffic management policy,” Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross writes in The Washington Post. “To remain the flag of choice for commercial space activity, it is imperative that the United States lead this effort and enhance U.S.-based space activities.”
