Executive Order Declares War on Illegal Immigration Invasion
Published Date: 1/29/2025
Presidential Document
Summary
This new order cracks down hard on illegal immigration to keep Americans safe and protect taxpayers. It targets people who break immigration laws, especially those who threaten security or commit crimes, and promises stronger enforcement starting now. Everyone living in or trying to enter the U.S. illegally should expect tighter rules and faster action, saving billions and boosting safety.
Analyzed Economic Effects
15 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 13 costs, 0 mixed.
Stop Public Benefits to Illegal Aliens
The Director of the Office of Management and Budget must ensure all agencies identify and stop providing any public benefits to any illegal alien who is not authorized to receive them under the Immigration and Nationality Act or other relevant statutes. This directs a government-wide halt to benefit access for unauthorized aliens.
Restrict Employment Authorization
The order directs that employment authorization be provided only in a manner consistent with section 274A of the INA and that employment authorization not be provided to any unauthorized alien in the United States. This narrows access to work authorization for unauthorized individuals.
Expedite Removals of Recent Entrants
The Secretary of Homeland Security must apply, in sole discretion, expedited removal provisions of the INA and use other immigration law provisions, including sections 238 and 240(d), to ensure efficient and expedited removal of aliens from the United States. The order instructs prompt action to speed removals.
Expand Detention Capacity Nationwide
The Secretary of Homeland Security must allocate legally available resources or establish contracts to construct, operate, control, or use facilities to detain removable aliens, and ensure detention pending the outcome of removal proceedings or removal to the extent permitted by law.
Civil Fines and Penalties Enforced
The Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of the Treasury must ensure assessment and collection of all fines and penalties that the Secretary of Homeland Security is authorized to collect from aliens unlawfully present and from those who facilitate their presence. The Secretaries must also submit a report within 90 days about progress implementing this requirement.
Pause and Audit NGO Funding
The Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security must immediately review and, if appropriate, audit all contracts, grants, or agreements providing Federal funding to non-governmental organizations that support or provide services to removable or illegal aliens. They must pause distribution of further funds pending that review, terminate agreements found in violation, and initiate clawback or recoupment procedures if appropriate.
Publicize Registration Obligation
The Secretary of Homeland Security must immediately announce and publicize the legal obligation of all previously unregistered aliens in the United States to comply with the registration requirements in part VII of subchapter II of chapter 12 of title 8, United States Code. Failure to comply is to be treated as a civil and criminal enforcement priority.
Limit Parole to Case-by-Case Basis
The Secretary of State, Attorney General, and Secretary of Homeland Security must ensure the parole authority under section 212(d)(5) of the INA is exercised only on a case-by-case basis and only for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit. This narrows use of parole under that statutory authority.
Tighten Temporary Protected Status (TPS)
The order directs that designations of Temporary Protected Status must be consistent with section 244 of the INA and limited in scope and duration to what the statute requires. TPS designations are to be appropriately limited in scope and made only as necessary under the statute.
Authorize State/Local Immigration Enforcement
The Secretary of Homeland Security is directed to use agreements under section 287(g) of the INA or other means to authorize State and local law enforcement officials, with consent of State or local officials, to perform functions of immigration officers under Federal supervision. Such authorizations are additional to, not in place of, Federal enforcement.
Priority Criminal Prosecutions for Entry Offenses
The Attorney General, working with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security, is to prioritize prosecution of criminal offenses related to unauthorized entry or continued unauthorized presence in the United States. The order elevates criminal enforcement of such immigration-related offenses.
Create Homeland Security Task Forces Nationwide
The Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security must jointly establish Homeland Security Task Forces in all States, including Federal, State, and local law enforcement representation, to target criminal cartels, foreign gangs, transnational criminal organizations, and human smuggling and trafficking networks, including offenses involving children.
Visa Bonds Administration System
The Secretary of the Treasury, in coordination with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security, must establish a system to facilitate administration of all bonds that those agencies may lawfully require to administer the INA. The order directs steps to manage visa or immigration bond processes.
Sanctuary Jurisdictions Risk Federal Funds
The Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security must, to the maximum extent possible under law, evaluate and undertake lawful actions to ensure so-called 'sanctuary' jurisdictions that interfere with Federal law enforcement do not receive access to Federal funds. They may also evaluate other civil or criminal actions they deem warranted.
Reestablish VOICE Office for Victims
The Secretary of Homeland Security must direct ICE to reestablish an office to provide proactive, timely, adequate, and professional services to victims of crimes committed by removable aliens and their family members. The Attorney General must ensure victim rights under 18 U.S.C. 3771 are followed in Federal prosecutions involving crimes by removable aliens.
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