I will declare a national emergency at our southern border,” Trump said during his inaugural speech. The declaration was posted shortly before 9 p.m. “All illegal entry will be immediately halted and we will begin the process of returning millions and millions of illegal aliens back to the places from which they came.

WASHINGTON — American energy production hit all-time maximums under just-departed President Joe Biden, but that is not stopping his successor from declaring an “energy emergency” to increase oil drilling.

The order could open up drilling in areas that the Biden administration sought to preserve, including in Alaska and off the East Coast.

President-elect Donald Trump is set to declare a national energy emergency on Day 1 of his return to power, part of his administration's plan to ramp up domestic energy production. The order will focus on unlocking Alaska's resources as well as ending what a Trump White House official called "the electric vehicle mandate."

The national emergency declaration will allow the Trump administration to deploy armed forces and National Guard members to the border. Trump said troops will "repel the disastrous invasion of our country." It's unclear how many troops will be sent to the border.

By declaring a national emergency on energy, Trump will make it a priority of his administration to increase the domestic production of oil and other forms of fossil-fuel energy, officials said. It comes as U.S. crude oil production has already hit an all-time high over the past year.

In particular, the order regarding birthright citizenship – which grants citizenship to people born on U.S. soil regardless of their parents’ status under the 14th Amendment – sets Trump “on a collision course with the courts,” said Kevin Johnson, a professor of law and Chicano studies at UC Davis School of Law.