President Donald Trump on Monday, January 20 pardons almost everyone criminally charged with participating in the January 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack.
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00:00President Donald Trump on Monday, January 20, pardons almost everyone criminally charged
00:06with participating in the January 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack.
00:10The action cuts short the sentence of 14 members of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers organizations,
00:15some of whom were convicted of seditious conspiracy.
00:18It also directs the U.S. Attorney General to drop pending cases related to the riot.
00:23This is Trump fulfilling his campaign promise to assist his supporters charged with participating
00:27in the siege.
00:29Meantime, Trump also launches his sweeping immigration crackdown, labeling illegal immigration
00:33a national emergency.
00:35The action includes deploying the military to support border security, constructing a
00:39border wall, and restricting asylum.
00:42He also calls for his administration to reinstate his Remain in Mexico program that forced non-Mexican
00:47migrants to wait in Mexico for the resolution of their U.S. cases.
00:51Shortly after Trump's inauguration, authorities say they shut down Biden's CBP-1 entry program,
00:56which allowed migrants to schedule legal entry into the U.S.