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Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 18 / Wednesday, January 29, 2025 / Presidential Documents 8443
Presidential Documents
Executive Order 14159 of January 20, 2025
Protecting the American People Against Invasion
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) and section 301 of title 3, United
States Code, it is hereby ordered:
Section 1. Purpose. Over the last 4 years, the prior administration invited,
administered, and oversaw an unprecedented flood of illegal immigration
into the United States. Millions of illegal aliens crossed our borders or
were permitted to fly directly into the United States on commercial flights
and allowed to settle in American communities, in violation of longstanding
Federal laws.
Many of these aliens unlawfully within the United States present significant
threats to national security and public safety, committing vile and heinous
acts against innocent Americans. Others are engaged in hostile activities,
including espionage, economic espionage, and preparations for terror-related
activities. Many have abused the generosity of the American people, and
their presence in the United States has cost taxpayers billions of dollars
at the Federal, State, and local levels.
Enforcing our Nation’s immigration laws is critically important to the national
security and public safety of the United States. The American people deserve
a Federal Government that puts their interests first and a Government that
understands its sacred obligation to prioritize the safety, security, and financial and economic well-being of Americans.
This order ensures that the Federal Government protects the American people
by faithfully executing the immigration laws of the United States.
Sec. 2. Policy. It is the policy of the United States to faithfully execute
the immigration laws against all inadmissible and removable aliens, particularly those aliens who threaten the safety or security of the American people.
Further, it is the policy of the United States to achieve the total and efficient
enforcement of those laws, including through lawful incentives and detention
capabilities.
Sec. 3. Faithful Execution of the Immigration Laws. In furtherance of the
policies described in section 2 of this order:
(a) Executive Order 13993 of January 20, 2021 (Revision of Civil Immigration Enforcement Policies and Priorities), Executive Order 14010 of February
2, 2021 (Creating a Comprehensive Regional Framework To Address the
Causes of Migration, To Manage Migration Throughout North and Central
America, and To Provide Safe and Orderly Processing of Asylum Seekers
at the United States Border), Executive Order 14011 of February 2, 2021
(Establishment of Interagency Task Force on the Reunification of Families),
and Executive Order 14012 of February 2, 2021 (Restoring Faith in Our
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Legal Immigration Systems and Strengthening Integration and Inclusion Efforts for New Americans) are hereby revoked; and
(b) Executive departments and agencies (agencies) shall take all appropriate
action to promptly revoke all memoranda, guidance, or other policies based
on the Executive Orders revoked in section 3(a) of this order and shall
employ all lawful means to ensure the faithful execution of the immigration
laws of the United States against all inadmissible and removable aliens.
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Sec. 4. Civil Enforcement Priorities. The Secretary of Homeland Security
shall take all appropriate action to enable the Director of U.S. Immigration
and Customs Enforcement, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border
Protection, and the Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
to set priorities for their agencies that protect the public safety and national
security interests of the American people, including by ensuring the successful enforcement of final orders of removal. Further, the Secretary of Homeland
Security shall ensure that the primary mission of U.S. Immigration and
Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations division is the
enforcement of the provisions of the INA and other Federal laws related
to the illegal entry and unlawful presence of aliens in the United States
and the enforcement of the purposes of this order.
Sec. 5. Criminal Enforcement Priorities. The Attorney General, in coordination with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security,
shall take all appropriate action to prioritize the prosecution of criminal
offenses related to the unauthorized entry or continued unauthorized presence of aliens in the United States.
Sec. 6. Federal Homeland Security Task Forces. (a) The Attorney General
and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall take all appropriate action
to jointly establish Homeland Security Task Forces (HSTFs) in all States
nationwide.
(b) The composition of each HSTF shall be subject to the direction of
the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security, but shall
include representation from any other Federal agencies with law enforcement
officers, or agencies with the ability to provide logistics, intelligence, and
operational support to the HSTFs, and shall also include representation
from relevant State and local law enforcement agencies. The heads of all
Federal agencies shall take all appropriate action to provide support to
the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security to ensure
that the HSTFs fulfill the objectives in subsection (c) of this section, and
any other lawful purpose that fulfills the policy objectives of this order.
(c) The objective of each HSTF is to end the presence of criminal cartels,
foreign gangs, and transnational criminal organizations throughout the United
States, dismantle cross-border human smuggling and trafficking networks,
end the scourge of human smuggling and trafficking, with a particular focus
on such offenses involving children, and ensure the use of all available
law enforcement tools to faithfully execute the immigration laws of the
United States.
(d) The Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall
take all appropriate action to provide an operational command center to
coordinate the activities of the HSTFs and provide such support as they
may require, and shall also take all appropriate action to provide supervisory
direction to their activities as may be required.
Sec. 7. Identification of Unregistered Illegal Aliens. The Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Secretary of State and the Attorney
General, shall take all appropriate action to:
(a) Immediately announce and publicize information about the legal obligation of all previously unregistered aliens in the United States to comply
with the requirements of part VII of subchapter II of chapter 12 of title
8, United States Code;
(b) Ensure that all previously unregistered aliens in the United States
comply with the requirements of part VII of subchapter II of chapter 12
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of title 8, United States Code; and
(c) Ensure that failure to comply with the legal obligations of part VII
of subchapter II of chapter 12 of title 8, United States Code, is treated
as a civil and criminal enforcement priority.
Sec. 8. Civil Fines and Penalties. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security,
in coordination with the Secretary of Treasury, shall take all appropriate
action to ensure the assessment and collection of all fines and penalties
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that the Secretary of Homeland Security is authorized by law to assess
and collect from aliens unlawfully present in the United States, including
aliens who unlawfully entered or unlawfully attempted to enter the United
States, and from those who facilitate such aliens’ presence in the United
States.
(b) Within 90 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of the Treasury
and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit a report to the President
regarding their progress implementing the requirements of this section and
recommending any additional actions that may need to be taken to achieve
its objectives.
Sec. 9. Efficient Removals of Recent Entrants and Other Aliens. The Secretary
of Homeland Security shall take all appropriate action, pursuant to section
235(b)(1)(A)(iii)(I) of the INA (8 U.S.C. 1225(b)(1)(A)(iii)(I)), to apply, in
her sole and unreviewable discretion, the provisions of section 235(b)(1)(A)(i)
and (ii) of the INA to the aliens designated under section 235(b)(1)(A)(iii)(II).
Further, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall promptly take appropriate
action to use all other provisions of the immigration laws or any other
Federal law, including, but not limited to sections 238 and 240(d) of the
INA (8 U.S.C. 1228 and 1229a(d)), to ensure the efficient and expedited
removal of aliens from the United States.
Sec. 10. Detention Facilities. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall
promptly take all appropriate action and allocate all legally available resources or establish contracts to construct, operate, control, or use facilities
to detain removable aliens. The Secretary of Homeland Security, further,
shall take all appropriate actions to ensure the detention of aliens apprehended for violations of immigration law pending the outcome of their
removal proceedings or their removal from the country, to the extent permitted by law.
Sec. 11. Federal-State Agreements. To ensure State and local law enforcement
agencies across the United States can assist with the protection of the
American people, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall, to the maximum
extent permitted by law, and with the consent of State or local officials
as appropriate, take appropriate action, through agreements under section
287(g) of the INA (8 U.S.C. 1357(g)) or otherwise, to authorize State and
local law enforcement officials, as the Secretary of Homeland Security determines are qualified and appropriate, to perform the functions of immigration
officers in relation to the investigation, apprehension, or detention of aliens
in the United States under the direction and the supervision of the Secretary
of Homeland Security. Such authorization shall be in addition to, rather
than in place of, Federal performance of these duties. To the extent permitted
by law, the Secretary of Homeland Security may structure each agreement
under section 287(g) of the INA (8 U.S.C. 1357(g)) in the manner that
provides the most effective model for enforcing Federal immigration laws
in that jurisdiction.
Sec. 12. Encouraging Voluntary Compliance with the Law. The Secretary
of Homeland Security shall take all appropriate action, in coordination with
the Secretary of State and the Attorney General, and subject to adequate
safeguards, assurances, bonds, and any other lawful measure, to adopt policies and procedures to encourage aliens unlawfully in the United States
to voluntarily depart as soon as possible, including through enhanced usage
of the provisions of section 240B of the INA (8 U.S.C. 1229c), international
agreements or assistance, or any other measures that encourage aliens unlawfully in the United States to depart as promptly as possible, including
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through removals of aliens as provided by section 250 of the INA (8 U.S.C.
1260).
Sec. 13. Recalcitrant Countries. The Secretary of State and the Secretary
of Homeland Security shall take all appropriate action to:
(a) Cooperate and effectively implement, as appropriate, the sanctions
provided by section 243(d) of the INA (8 U.S.C. 1253(d)), with the Secretary
of State, to the maximum extent permitted by law, ensuring that diplomatic
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efforts and negotiations with foreign states include the foreign states’ acceptance of their nationals who are subject to removal from the United States;
and
(b) Eliminate all documentary barriers, dilatory tactics, or other restrictions
that prevent the prompt repatriation of aliens to any foreign state. Any
failure or delay by a foreign state to verify the identity of a national of
that state shall be considered in carrying out subsection (a) this section,
and shall also be considered regarding the issuance of any other sanctions
that may be available to the United States.
Sec. 14. Visa Bonds. The Secretary of Treasury shall take all appropriate
action, in coordination with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of
Homeland Security, to establish a system to facilitate the administration
of all bonds that the Secretary of State or the Secretary of Homeland Security
may lawfully require to administer the provisions of the INA.
Sec. 15. Reestablishment of the VOICE Office and Addressing Victims of
Crimes Committed by Removable Aliens. The Secretary of Homeland Security
shall direct the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
to take all appropriate and lawful action to reestablish within ICE an office
to provide proactive, timely, adequate, and professional services to victims
of crimes committed by removable aliens, and those victims’ family members.
The Attorney General shall also ensure that the provisions of 18 U.S.C.
3771 are followed in all Federal prosecutions involving crimes committed
by removable aliens.
Sec. 16. Addressing Actions by the Previous Administration. The Secretary
of State, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of Homeland Security
shall promptly take all appropriate action, consistent with law, to rescind
the policy decisions of the previous administration that led to the increased
or continued presence of illegal aliens in the United States, and align any
and all departmental activities with the policies set out by this order and
the immigration laws. Such action should include, but is not limited to:
(a) ensuring that the parole authority under section 212(d)(5) of the INA
(8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5)) is exercised on only a case-by-case basis in accordance
with the plain language of the statute, and in all circumstances only when
an individual alien demonstrates urgent humanitarian reasons or a significant
public benefit derived from their particular continued presence in the United
States arising from such parole;
(b) ensuring that designations of Temporary Protected Status are consistent
with the provisions of section 244 of the INA (8 U.S.C. 1254a), and that
such designations are appropriately limited in scope and made for only
so long as may be necessary to fulfill the textual requirements of that
statute; and
(c) ensuring that employment authorization is provided in a manner consistent with section 274A of the INA (8 U.S.C. 1324a), and that employment
authorization is not provided to any unauthorized alien in the United States.
Sec. 17. Sanctuary Jurisdictions. The Attorney General and the Secretary
of Homeland Security shall, to the maximum extent possible under law,
evaluate and undertake any lawful actions to ensure that so-called ‘‘sanctuary’’ jurisdictions, which seek to interfere with the lawful exercise of
Federal law enforcement operations, do not receive access to Federal funds.
Further, the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall
evaluate and undertake any other lawful actions, criminal or civil, that
they deem warranted based on any such jurisdiction’s practices that interfere
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with the enforcement of Federal law.
Sec. 18. Information Sharing. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall
promptly issue guidance to ensure maximum compliance by Department
of Homeland Security personnel with the provisions of 8 U.S.C. 1373 and
8 U.S.C. 1644 and ensure that State and local governments are provided
with the information necessary to fulfill law enforcement, citizenship, or
immigration status verification requirements authorized by law; and
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(b) The Attorney General, the Secretary of Health and Human Services,
and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall take all appropriate action
to stop the trafficking and smuggling of alien children into the United
States, including through the sharing of any information necessary to assist
in the achievement of that objective.
Sec. 19. Funding Review. The Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall:
(a) Immediately review and, if appropriate, audit all contracts, grants,
or other agreements providing Federal funding to non-governmental organizations supporting or providing services, either directly or indirectly, to removable or illegal aliens, to ensure that such agreements conform to applicable
law and are free of waste, fraud, and abuse, and that they do not promote
or facilitate violations of our immigration laws;
(b) Pause distribution of all further funds pursuant to such agreements
pending the results of the review in subsection (a) of this section;
(c) Terminate all such agreements determined to be in violation of law
or to be sources of waste, fraud, or abuse and prohibit any such future
agreements;
(d) Coordinate with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
to ensure that no funding for agreements described in subsection (c) of
this section is included in any appropriations request for the Department
of Justice or the Department of Homeland Security; and
(e) Initiate clawback or recoupment procedures, if appropriate, for any
agreements described in subsection (c) of this section.
Sec. 20. Denial of Public Benefits to Illegal Aliens. The Director of the
Office of Management and Budget shall take all appropriate action to ensure
that all agencies identify and stop the provision of any public benefits
to any illegal alien not authorized to receive them under the provisions
of the INA or other relevant statutory provisions.
Sec. 21. Hiring More Agents and Officers. Subject to available appropriations,
the Secretary of Homeland Security, through the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement, shall take all appropriate action to significantly increase the
number of agents and officers available to perform the duties of immigration
officers.
Sec. 22. Severability. It is the policy of the United States to enforce this
order to the maximum extent possible to advance the interests of the United
States. Accordingly:
(a) If any provision of this order, or the application of any provision
to any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid, the remainder of
this order and the application of its other provisions to any other persons
or circumstances shall not be affected thereby; and
(b) If any provision of this order, or the application of any provision
to any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid because of the failure
to follow certain procedures, the relevant executive branch officials shall
implement those procedural requirements to conform with existing law and
with any applicable court orders.
Sec. 23. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed
to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency,
or the head thereof; or
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(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and
subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit,
substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party
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