LOUISVILLE, Ky. — It hasn't even been a week since he was re-elected, and President-elect Donald Trump's administration is already working on some of his top priorities when he steps back into the Oval Office.
Two of those priorities are launching mass deportations of undocumented immigrants, and tackling taxes.
Some experts estimate mass deportations would cost $88 billion a year.
Trump told ABC News there is "no choice." He's also pitched ending birthright citizenship, which would almost certainly require a change in the Constitution.
The 14th Amendment says, "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
As for taxes, his policies heavily lean toward corporations and wealthy Americans.
His overhaul includes lowering the corporate income tax rate to 15% from the current 21%.
He also planned to roll back tax hikes on the wealthiest Americans.
One of the big questions about his policies though is if he will enact tariffs.
Trump has called for tariffs of 10% to 20% on foreign goods, and that's led to companies making major cuts.
However, both Senators Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul both oppose Trump's tariff proposal according to McClatchy DC.
“I’m not a fan of tariffs; they raise the prices for American consumers,” McConnell told reporters inside the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 24. “I’m more of a free-trade kind of Republican that remembers how many jobs are created by the exports that we engage in. So, I’m not a tariff fan.”
Paul also told podcaster Bari Weiss, the voice of the 'Honestly' podcast, that he doesn't think "people understand that international trade makes us richer."
“When you look at specifically just trade with China over the last 20 years, the average American is $1,500 richer because Chinese products have saved them $1,500 annually," he said, according to McClatchy DC.
Steve Madden cut 45% of their imported goods as it prepares for Trump to take office.
The National Retail Federation has also been critical of this proposal.
According to their study, the tariffs could reduce American spending power by $46 billion. They said for example, an $80 pair of jeans would increase to $90 or $96 as consumers eat the cost.
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