House Speaker Mike Johnson has extended an invitation to President Donald Trump to address Congress on March 4 after he hit the ground running with rapid-fire orders and implementation of his agenda.
A letter to Trump from the Louisiana Republican, obtained by Fox News, says, “Thanks to your strong leadership and bold action in the first days of your presidency, the United States is already experiencing a resurgence of patriotism, unity, and hope for the future.”
“Your administration and the 119th Congress working together have the chance to make these next four years some of the most consequential in our nation’s history,” the speaker wrote.
“To that end, it is my distinct honor and great privilege to invite you to address a Joint Session of Congress on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, in the Chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives, to share your America First vision for our legislative future. I eagerly await your response,” he added.
The letter comes just ahead of Trump’s anticipated address to House Republicans at their annual issues conference and retreat, taking place this year in South Florida.
For three days, House GOP lawmakers will convene at Trump’s golf course and resort in Doral to outline a roadmap for government spending and plans for a significant conservative policy overhaul.
Trump had signaled for weeks before his inauguration that he was preparing for an exceptionally active first 100 days of his new administration. With Republicans holding control of the House, Senate, and White House, the party has a rare opportunity to implement its agenda.
However, with razor-thin majorities in both chambers, GOP lawmakers will need to maintain near-unanimous support to advance Trump’s plans, Fox noted.
One of Trump’s main agenda items is the mass deportation of migrants who are in the U.S. illegally, one of the pillars of his 2024 campaign.
That now includes migrants who were allowed into the nation temporarily under Biden administration parole programs that he and Republicans believe were abused by the previous White House.
In a memo signed on Thursday by the acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, officials were given instructions on how to use powers to quickly deport the migrants that were previously given only for encounters at the southern border in certain circumstances under the Biden-Harris regime, The New York Times reported.
It also seems to provide officials with the authority to expel migrants from two significant Biden-era programs that have permitted over a million people to enter the country temporarily.
“Those programs — an app called CBP One that migrants could use to try to schedule appointments to enter the United States, and an initiative that let in certain migrants fleeing Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Haiti — were key pillars of the Biden administration’s efforts to discourage illegal entries by allowing certain legal pathways. Immigrant advocates also worried that the memo could apply to Afghan and Ukrainian immigrants brought to the United States under separate programs,” the report said.
“The decision indicates that President Trump will try to use every facet of the immigration enforcement apparatus to crack down on a system he has long said has been abused, and that he intends to target not just those who sneaked across the border but even those who followed previously authorized pathways to enter,” the Times added.
The migrants, who are often from dangerous nations, were granted a two-year period known as “parole” to stay in the United States legally, but the memo appears to allow for them to be deported sooner if not immediately.
Republicans have criticized the two Biden programs, likening them to a quasi-legal way to facilitate illegal immigration as approximately 1.4 million migrants utilized these programs to enter the country under Biden’s watch.
“Here’s an idea: Don’t fly millions of illegals aliens from failed states thousands of miles away into small towns across the American Heartland,” White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller said on X in September, in criticizing the programs.
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