The initial few months of President-elect Donald Trump's first term were characterized by a flurry of executive activity, with Fox News reporting that he had signed 43 orders, actions, and memoranda by May of 2017.

Trump's second term may prove to be even more ambitious, as a new report says that he plans to sign 100 executive orders on day one. 

Trump plans to reinstate Title 42

That's according to Axios, which cited two sources as saying that the president-elect discussed his plans with Republican senators during a closed-door meeting on Wednesday night

In addition to Trump, the meeting is also said to have featured longtime adviser Stephen Miller, who indicated that many of the orders will relate to immigration.

In particular, Trump plans to restore Title 42, a COVID-era policy under which illegal aliens can be rapidly expelled from the country.

Title 42 was allowed to expire by President Joe Biden, a move which many observers say exacerbated the migrant crisis.

Order will expand use of state and local police in immigration enforcement

Another planned executive order concerns section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, a provision which allows state and local law enforcement to assist federal authorities in enforcing immigration law.

What's more, Trump is expected to sign orders that authorize the construction of temporary holding facilities as well as completing the border wall he began in his first term.

This week also saw Trump pledge to sign an executive order reversing a recent rule from President Joe Biden's which blocked drilling in more than 625 million acres of U.S. coastal and offshore waters.

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"Banning offshore drilling will not stand. I will reverse it immediately. I will revoke the offshore oil, gas drilling ban in vast areas on day one," Reuters quoted the president-elect as saying at a press conference on Tuesday.

Reversing drilling ban may be difficult

However, the new services pointed out that Trump's plan could be impeded by the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, a law which was passed in 1953.

While the law permits a president to make land off-limits to oil and gas drilling, Alaska Federal District Court Judge Sharon Gleason found in 2019 that it does not allow his or her successor to unilaterally reverse the change.

Meanwhile, Trump also told reporters that he would rescind an Obama-era executive order concerning wind turbines on federal land, stating, "We're going to try and have a policy where no windmills are being built."