With a little more than a week until his inauguration, Donald Trump and his team are trying to plan the executive orders that will fulfill his campaign promise of closing the U.S.–Mexico border and implementing mass deportation “on day one” — a task that comes with complications.

For months, Trump and his team have been looking for ways to bypass the traditional immigration legislative process to close the border and deport millions of undocumented immigrants. But as January 20 draws closer, it’s unclear if they can succeed.

Trump is reportedly considering invoking Title 42 — the public health order that allows authorities to block people from entering the United States to prevent the spread of infectious diseases.

Re-instating Title 42 would effectively shut down the border by preventing migrants from certain countries from entering the U.S. — but it would also require Trump to identify a communicable disease that poses a threat to U.S. citizens.

Trump and his team of loyal anti-immigration advisers, such as Stephen Miller, used Title 42 during the Covid-19 pandemic to expel people from entering the U.S.

The team has spent the past few months trying to identify a disease that they can use, according to The New York Times. Should they fail to find one, they could make a broad claim about possible unfamiliar diseases, though it’s unclear if that would hold up in a court.

While time is running out to iron out the complications of immigration-related executive orders, Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, has reportedly begun trying to manage expectations with Republican members of Congress.

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